NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 624
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 25 NOVEMBER 2011
Mr D B Feldman (COPE-Gauteng) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
Whether his department will furnish details relating to expenditure on (a)
subsistence and travel outside of South Africa and (b) entertainment that
has been incurred by (i) him and (ii) his deputy minister from 1 April 2011
up to the latest specified date for which information is available; if not,
why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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REPLY
(a) (i)The following amounts were paid to Minister Patel for subsistence
and travel outside South Africa from April 2011 to 30 November 2011:
April 2011: R4 189.09
November 2011: R4 852.29
(ii) The following amounts were paid to Deputy Minister Godongwana for
subsistence and travel outside South Africa from April 2011 to 30
November 2011:
May 2011: R4 206.58
September 2011: R8 627.12
(b) No entertainment costs were incurred by Minister Patel and Deputy
Minister Godongwana from April 2011 to 30 November 2011.