By Khanyisa Tabata
10 March 2010
A reply to a DA parliamentary question has revealed how excessive amounts have been wasted by the Department of Transport on lavish conferences, even while the nationwide road infrastructure backlog continues to spiral says DA’s Stuart Farrow.
Farrow says the Department managed to spend R75.7-million on hosting four conferences between 2007 and 2009, which included nearly R12-million spent on VIP shuttle services, and millions more spent on various forms of entertainment, advertising, cocktail functions and promotional gifts.
“One particularly shocking figure is the R27-million spent on the Special Africa-India Ocean Regional Air Navigation Meeting, in which R16-million was spent on functions, R2.4-million on venue hire, R1.2-million on advertising, and a staggering R4.6-million on VIP transport.
“The enormous amounts that have been spent on entertainment, advertising, lavish banquets and freebies simply does not make sense when the Department of Transport is desperate for funds, with the South African road network is in an advanced state of disrepair and road maintenance backlogs across all three spheres of government amounting to around R164 billion,” said Farrow.
Farrow added that the Department simply cannot afford to continue spending such massive amounts of money on events which rarely have a direct impact upon the improvement of transport services.
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