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Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams’s attempt to pull Dina Pule 2.0 on South Africa will be stopped

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Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams’s attempt to pull Dina Pule 2.0 on South Africa will be stopped

Minister of Communications Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams
Minister of Communications Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams

20th January 2020

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Reports that the Minister of Communications, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams went onbaecation with her husband using public funds and that she allowed him to do her job are deeply concerning.

Her actions are akin to the former Minister of Communications Dina Pule, who also spent thousands of taxpayers’ money on an overseas trip with her boyfriend.

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According to reports this weekend, Minister Ndabeni-Abrahams allegedly used thousands in taxpayers’ money to fund her wedding anniversary celebrations in the US and Switzerland by taking her husband, Thato Abrahams, along without permission of President Cyril Ramaphosa. She is also alleged to have allowed her husband to attend some department meetings including interviewing candidates for positions on the various boards for which she has political oversight.

The DA is of the view, that this is nothing more than a luxury vacation and a massive waste of public money and is an indictment on the communications Minister.

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Although there is no set requirement in the Ministerial Handbook for the president to approve the inclusion of a spouse for official trips, the Democratic Alliance (DA) still wants her to come clean about her husband allegedly interviewing candidates and attending official meetings on her behalf.

Quite clearly, the frailties of the ministerial handbook are yet again being used to justify luxury expenses, at the expense of poor South Africans who are expected to continuously foot the bill.

The DA will, therefore, submit parliamentary questions to request the full details of Mr. Abrahams’ participation on this official overseas jaunt. The DA will remain resolute and vigilant in exposing ANC’s insatiable greed and will ensure the truth is uncovered in this regard.

The ANC government needs to reduce wasteful expenditure on ministers and follow the example of the DA-led Western Cape. Where we govern, there are no business class flights and no 5-star hotels.

The DA will not allow brazen attempts to fool the people of this country to go unchecked. In the current economic climate, austerity measures are a necessity.

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