Deputy minister's tweet about flying economy deleted after it badly backfires

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Deputy minister's tweet about flying economy deleted after it badly backfires
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The Department of Public Service and Administration had to delete a tweet of the deputy minister flying economy after many people said she was not doing taxpayers a favour.

Now they have to be applauded for flying economy? Stop posting these embarrassing pictures. We don’t care about this can we see some real work being done by this ministries? Hard earned tax payers money is being wasted just to sit pretty in parliament and in planes.Just a few days ago Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula also posted a picture of himself in a plane with the caption: "Someone tell @tito_mboweni that we are heading his call of Flying Economy.

I agree with you sister. It's like they are expecting an award for flying economy class. They should have been flying economy from start. Is that Stella? She finished all the department's money at honeymoon, now she can't afford business class— Handri Vorster

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