President Cyril Ramaphosa has told parliament he withdrew the controversial ministerial handbook because he wanted an independent body to assess it properly.
“Remember this gift of unlimited free electricity and water came on top of the extremely generous perks ministers are already pampered with, including R20m spent on vehicles during the lockdown period and R2.6m spent on generators at ministers' homes so they don’t have to feel the effects of their own failed policies.”
Given Ramaphosa's insistence that users pay for electricity, it was “surely” right that cabinet members pay back financial benefits they received in the six months between April — when the new handbook was “sneaked” in — and last month when he withdrew it, said Steenhuisen. Ramaphosa said reconciliation of those amounts was under way. “And it was also under way when we looked at the various processes or costs that have to be carried by the state and by individual ministers.”“It is correct that that process must be undertaken as we did when we started the determination of the remuneration of all of us as public representatives through an independent body which is chaired by a judge.
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