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The 22 MPLs are being driven to and from the provincial parliament by contract drivers, who are paid R12,000 a month.

Speaking at the legislature budget hearing yesterday, legislature chief executive Nerusha Naidoo said the payment for the chauffeurs came from the compensation of employees' budget.

Most of the chauffeured MPLs are ANC members while five are from the IFP. No DA MPLs use chauffeurs.

Finance committee chairwoman Belinda Scott said there was no need for alarm bells as there were justifiable reasons for the members to be chauffeured.

Some of these reasons include medical problems and old age, according to MPLs who did not want to be named.

However, DA caucus leader in the legislature Sizwe Mchunu said there was an abuse of this privilege as some of the members did not fit the criteria to be driven around by a chauffer.

IFP caucus leader in the legislature Blessed Gwala said he had not been made aware that some of the party's MPLs were being chauffeured.

"The IFP has no policy on MPLs who are unfit to drive themselves or who need to be driven by drivers employed by the legislature. We had not been informed by our members that they were being driven. This is a matter we will need to investigate," Gwala said.

Some MPLs have disabilities and others have ongoing ailments ranging from a spinal cord injury to injuries sustained in accidents.

An MPL, who did not want to be named, said the number of older MPLs who needed to be driven around showed there were few youthful members in the legislature.

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Apr 12, 2012

H-BEE

Im quiting my job, i want to be chauffeur:)
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Apr 12, 2012

MommaC

How many MPLs do we have in each province and what the hell do they do?
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Apr 12, 2012

Casey

Yaaah neh!! same old stories about the abuse of tax payers money.
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Apr 12, 2012

JajasQueen

@H-BEE
Im quiting my job, i want to be chauffeur:)
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You earn less than R12 000.00?

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Apr 12, 2012

MSG_S

How do you expect someone whose health is ailing to perform his duties? they should just call it quits and look after their deteriorating health status. And stop being driven arround. To do what?
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Apr 12, 2012

Keafixa

why do we have old geezers as MPS.....wat contributions are they making
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Apr 12, 2012

somaartakeit

looting continuing viva anc, starve the children of SA to death, as long as you vip (prats) can ride on expensive wheels just to show off, bloody fools!!!!
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Apr 12, 2012

Idohl

No wonder they are always asleep during the sessions. Old and sick. MSG there are millions of us who are not fortunate to earn +R12 000 besides our degrees, and it is not a laughing matter. As long as we don't do crime. We try to work for ourselves you see.
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Apr 12, 2012

LEEZO

JajasQueen
@H-BEE
Im quiting my job, i want to be chauffeur:)
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You earn less than R12 000.00?
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It’s a less stressful job for that kind of money
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Apr 12, 2012

DJWinner

Taxpayer millions, my skinny black_ ess.
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