Parliament has radically reduced the number of taxpayer-sponsored flights for former ministers, deputy ministers and MPs from 48 to 12 a year.
detailed in November 2020 how parliament had splurged more than R45m to fly former ministers and MPs around the country between 2014 and 2020.
The revised travel policy has also put the brakes on business class flights as it states “tickets are issued for economy class and domestic travel only”. “This is a historic victory as it signals the first time in our democratic history that the ANC has been forced to make meaningful cuts to the lavish lifestyles of former cabinet cadres,” he said.
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