(1a) The Minister and four delegates from the National Treasury attended WEF Davos in 2016. National Treasury is the appointed coordinator of the government wide delegation to WEF Davos and so two of these officials attended in this capacity.
(1b) (i&ii) Ministerial delegation:
Minister Gordhan – Minister of Finance
Monale Ratsoma – Deputy Director-General: Economic Policy
Busi Sokhulu – Personal Assistant: Office of the Minister of Finance
WEF Coordinators:
Ofentse Lekwape – Assistant Director: International and Regional Economic Policy
Rebecca Murdoch – Deputy Director: International and Regional Economic Policy
(2a) None of the persons specified were required to pay fees to attend the conference, with the exception of a EUR50 fee for access badges for three of the delegates (see table 1).
(2b) The total cost of the five National Treasury delegates that travelled to WEF Davos was R549 383.72. A breakdown of these costs is in Table 1.
Table 1: Breakdown of costs for WEF
(i) conference fees1 |
(ii) accommodation |
(iii) subsistence |
(iv) travel costs2 |
|
Minister Gordhan |
0 |
R40 145 |
R7 983 |
R66 217 |
Busi Sokhulu |
R850 |
R73 900 |
R7 579 |
R29 963.72 |
Monale Ratsoma |
0 |
R38 484 |
R10 428 |
R63 670 |
Ofentse Lekwape3 |
0 |
R74 680 |
R23 386 |
R26 786 |
Rebecca Murdoch3 |
R850 |
R74 680 |
R23 386 |
R26 786 |
TOTAL |
R1 700 |
R301 889 |
R62 334 |
R183 459.72 |
1 Fee for access badges (EUR50).
2 Travel costs consist mainly of flights as National Treasury delegates used the complimentary WEF vehicles and shuttles to travel in and around Davos. VIP airport lounge services for Minister Gordhan, Ms Sokhulu; Mr Ratsoma are included in ‘travel costs’.
3 Mr Lekwape and Ms Murdoch were required to travel ahead of the conference as they were responsible for the coordination of the government delegation to WEF which accounts for their higher accommodation and subsistence costs.
(3) Not applicable: there were no additional members attending WEF from the National Treasury.
(4) No family members