The Presidency spent R2.76 million on hiring cars for deputy minister Kenny Morolong over 11 months, according to the report. The amount works out to roughly R250,000 per month.
The reporting also refers to responses to Parliament about travel and related costs. It states that minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni declines to provide Parliament with information on what her own travel costs amounted to. The focus across the outlet’s coverage is on public spending and transparency around vehicle hire and travel expenses for senior officials.
While the outlet highlights the specific car-hire figure for Morolong, it places that cost within a broader context of parliamentary questioning about expenditure and disclosure. The difference in emphasis centers on the disclosed car-hire spending for the deputy minister versus the lack of disclosed travel-cost details for the minister.
