The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
1. Yes, the refurbishment was done to reconfigure certain floors thereby creating five units out of the three and four bedrooms being converted into two bedrooms. Furthermore the refurbishment resulted in conversion of the domestic quarters into three duplex units which are currently occupied by Deputy Ministers.
2. Rygersdal is used for accommodation of Director-Generals and Deputy Ministers.
3. Security in manned by South African Police Services.
a) With respect to costs related to security, our sister department, South African Police Services (SAPS), will be best suited to respond to the question.
b) The projected expenditure for the current financial year for planned maintenance and corrective maintenance is R 1 342 713.23 and the actual expenditure to date is R 70 873.21.