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"Helping the poor" but staying in 5 and 6 star hotels while doing so. Spending R700,000 in the process.
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Lord-Have-Mercy

Not even reaching a million since 2009. Thanks to the Minister.
Hellen Zille is like a cry baby that often drops her dummy from her mouth.
she does not wanna grow up.
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!#Sinudeity#!

Lord-Have-Mercy - Did you read the links about the R500mill that the KZN government spent to build apartheid-style toilets for the people?
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Skomoro99

I have always wondered how this minister became a minister in the first place,this woman never talks sense every time she is interviewed.This is one dumb minister in the entire cabinet n i blame the dumb president who put her there.In the absence of the best,the worst (aka Bathabilie Dlamini) become the best with no clue on the mandate at hand.
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MSG_S

The minister's spokeswoman Lumka Olipfhant said:
The very nature of the minister’s work is working with the poor, who are in very rural areas of the country which require her to be constantly out of the office...........
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I didn't know that rural areas have so f@cking expensive hotels, much much more than city hotels.
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MSG_S

Lumka Olifhant said
“The very nature of the minister’s work is working with the poor, who are in very rural areas of the country which require her to be constantly out of the office .....
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I didn't know that rural areas have so F##cking expensive hotels. Much much more than 5 star hotels from the cities.
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Mbeki_2

I hope the poorest of the poor know that she was thinking of them while she stayed in 5-star luxurys and eating lobster and champagne (French must be)???? Come on 2014 - I'm kicking this minister out. Looking toward voting for opposition parties.
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child4real

Yoh'' thanks to the DA we would be knowing these money spending spree's that the governent is doing, I think we should just let the DA rule this country, well proven the anc is pap.
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MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

A ko moshebe, le molom) ekare mpapa ya tonki
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Tango

She is a good Minister, its just that da ya phapha.
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Zenzelisto

"However, the minister’s spokeswoman Lumka Oliphant said the expenditure was a necessary part of her job." over R700K. whatever happened to formula1? imufanele nx sies. can you imagine how many mouths would have been feed with this amount?

Nx angazosijwayela kabi, PAY IT BACK!!!!
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child4real

These ladies they think they are there to spend their man's monies on a spending spree, this is not the first lady to chou the hell out of the states money, I mean really?
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MBL2012

@Whats good about this poor minister. She lost the case against AllPay in the SASSA tender scandal. She is the worst minister I have ever worked for.
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Ndokza

We are no longer interested on the DA findings. Can all the DA people learn, if you want us to take you serious, you should have said minister Dlamini should have spent R700 on accommodation but she spent R770 000. Further than that please show us how much are DA mp,s and your madam is spending in hotel accommodation. It's hard to believe that only ANC public representative are using expensive accomodation. jealousy aside, R764'000 in 36months is not much. This DA members must not pretend as if they do not know that hotels are expensive. For your information a minister bookings include various security staff members. Unless the DA wants us to believe that If you are a black minister you must always draw a caravan with a van and sleep there just to avoid the big mouth of this Devil Association. To hell with the DA.
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Ndokza - That is alot of money that could have gone to uplifting the poor. Which is her mandate right? If the MP stayed in a 4 star hotel, the bill would have been reduced to R300,000. Leaving her R400,000 to help the poor. That could have bought 400 families groceries for one month, or build homes for 20 families.
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Pointman

Relative to Tina Jooma - she is living frugally. But staying in hotels in the big city must leave very little time for travelling to the rural areas - how did she get any actual work done.
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lindsay

well this is marie Antoinette "let them have cakes" minister staying in a five star hotel to cater for thepoor who are staying in shacks wow she is really a good minister ,
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Mdala

"The very nature of the minister’s work is working with the poor, who are in very rural areas of the country which require her to be constantly out of the office together with her staff.”

What a contradictory statement if this ugly minister cared or as stated that she works with the poor why stay in plush hotels then? Why can't she find a average accomodation such as B&B in those communities she visits? Answers please I need to offload somesh....

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Nwanawamukalaha

The ANC struggle heroes think it's time for them to pay themselves for the lost times instead of doing logical things for a better Mzansi.........
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PeterB#

Another kick to the stomach for the poor.
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Themba2

It works out at more than R5000 per night. I have to travel for my company all the time and usually stay in a top Jhb hotel (eg. Raddison Blu or Southern Sun Hydepark). I have never needed to pay more than R2000 per night. Of course we are not allowed by our company to take anything from the minibar (a bottle of water can cost up to R50 from the minibar), we have a maximum meal allowance of R200 (including drinks) and our company gets special rates. I am sure the government can negotiate even better special rates with certain hotel chains given the government's enormous buying power and I am sure the government can put prudential limits in place per meal/per day for expenses!
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