JOHANNESBURG – The administration of President Cyril Ramaphosa is reportedly planning to spend almost R750 million to upgrade the homes of ministers and other government-owned buildings.
The Sunday Times is reporting that Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi revealed, in a written reply to Parliament, that his department will spend over R730 million in state funds in the 2019/2020 financial year to give the structures a facelift. According to the paper, Nxesi has planned a splurge of R5 million for carpets in the union buildings R1 million for a bathroom and kitchen upgrades to a ministerial house, R29 million on a guardhouse and another R29 million on gates and doghouse.
The paper also said Nxesi revealed that another ministerial house would get a new guardhouse electric fence and security cameras worth R4.3 million. Treasury responded to The Sunday Times saying it cannot comment on the issue as it has not seen Nxesi's reply.
darylbalfour Hier gaan ons alweer!!!
WHY WHY WHY? They get paid more than enough to afford their own upgrades!!!!!! Spend the money on schools, or hospitals, or toilets!!!!!!
R750m to upgrade?...not to rather buys new ones?
::kanti what’s wrong with this MYANC ? They always take but don’t give...it’s time we boycott sars, enough with this corruption
NewDawn 😂
How to make sure the faction doesn’t vote you out mid term.
Ao Shockey RamaShock👌
South Africans stop the division , South Africans have the power to remove this Government once and for all good in SA ,why still talk btge talk it's time to do the walk
May 8 us our last chance. If SA fails it will be like when the National Party kept winning. Eventually change will have to be forced on SA, but only after more suffering. history repeats itself.
Its all abt them and their families. People are struggling out there. Remember as they said' ddnt join ANC to suffer'.
While blaming the DA for RDP housing he plans to upgrade the homes of the elite.. seems legit.. anc vote
Upgrades brought to you by Bosasa? 👌👌👌
Of course waste more of our fcking money
YEAH YEAH YEAH because we have to better the last presidential target of R265m ... We must ShareTheWealth StateRape StateCapture StealTaxItsFree
He is sucking up to the Mp's. What next.😔😒
That money is way too much for service delivery and eskom debtsbthat an increase of 9,4%
U can't be serious
What about the people CR
This is spitting on poor people who desperately need basic services. Not so long ago Zuma did upgrades. Could this be interpreted as a way to buy loyalty?
Spend the 750 million on Alexandra
Mr President that u will see later,consider burning issues and start them
He has enough of his own money to pay for this himself.
What more do the houses need, What the fuck is wrong with these people?
Im just not voting 😠😠😠
PresidencyZA. With all the money they are getting. They can't do it themselves. Kumnandzi ku ANC. Gravy train indeed.
.IECSouthAfrica needs to educate political parties to separate SOEs and treasury from from what is paid for by party members. All decisions regarding SOEs&tax money must be made collectively by all stakeholders including labour unions .This is how safeguard SA from toxic parties
Lol. Ramaphosa is not the minister of public works and he cannot plan to spend such money when he is about to shorten his cabinet
WHAT!!!! is he 😡 mad, he is bonkers the far cats with their big stomacks
Don’t keep the promises you never makes 🏗🏠
SAElections2019: as election day fast approaches & other political parties & intetest groups agitate with last minute pop-up strategies against MYANC, CyrilRamaphosa sticks resolutely to his ThumaMina slogan & message (& winning the battle albeit with likely smaller majority.
GovernmentZA 🍌 banana country.... PresidencyZA Clueless leadership
South Africa is just messed up, we literally have no future anymore with MYANC and CyrilRamaphosa. People are homeless yet ministers get upgrades, the current government is literally saying F.U. vote for them again you'll cry alone.
That's a poop
Let's end this nonsense on the 8 May send this pensioners to collect their grants!
When are they giving out free shirts? I need new pyjamas
He’s own or our money?
Fake news. Its election time now. Opposition parties will make up stories & 'leak' to news websites who don't even bother to verify it. My common sense says they wouldn't even think about it until after elections
Fake news
So long as we’re alright Jack, fuck everybody else! - the cANCer mantra! 😡😡😡😤😤😤
I am shocked
CyrilRamaphosa ke nnete. I will listen on the radio. Thank you very much
If you read the article, you will stop reading news completely. Headlines always misleading.
This can’t be true!
Must be really nice
This does not come as a surprise at all
Oh good we want yo see the value they get
When the article is open it reads public works and all of a sudden the picture of Ramaphosa disappears. Our media, the biggest tool used to topple government by articles that are designed to attack the ANC government .
v_tigues Yohhh another reason not to vaote ANC.
That's how many houses in Alexandra?
Did any of y’all think bread and butter issues for the poor were a priority. Hhaibo
marinavanzyl This country is in some deep shit I must say. Wtf is this now?
v_tigues Must be hard to survive with their very high salaries.
Not spot on
v_tigues Eh
For what ? Ba ya badablwa mos la bantu every moth....... haibo
You're all so stupid for just agreeing with this story....what does CyrilRamaphosa got go do with this.....Eyewitness is really joining the propaganda machine Shame on all black folks that can't simply use their brain and believe everything
marinavanzyl This can’t be real news. Can’t be
Scumezza Never mind the poor of this country; yet people still vote for them.
This is just the cover page - details were attached. Notes and marks are mine. The R730m is an approximation (it is in fact more)
It’s a death wish!!!
Can this be real?
The voters are the problem.
How true is this? Yazi it's getting worse by the day
Typical anc tendencies, those who thought thuma mina is different from other looters are in for a nasty shock.
Hehehe Alex
Cant Bosasa chip in ... or African Global
Wanyela!
Thanks for the mention. KatyKatopodis
Now this is the MYANC that I know.
HermanMashaba
You are becoming too desperate!
What?
Wow the New Dawn is incredible. Ramaphosa, like Malema and Zillle, has no heart.
This is a forced headline. The story lacks the purported blood stains to justify the bleeding headline.
If South Africans continue to vote one party always as they are doing, they will follow the Zimbabwean route very soon.
This is a joke right?!?! 🤔
There's no hope for this country.... And then we are expected to vote for such nonsense. MissMeWithTheBullshit NotVoting
Because this country doesn't have anything better to spend that money on... 😶
But no service delivery for the poor
I am not 'Shocked '
BustaKay95
Why is this news? We know that our money we pay for tax is used for kak, please don't still justify it Cyril, you are just making things worse in this country. I think we need a timeout from the ANC, you guys are just poison
Ramaphosa needs to sort out housing for the poor before he sorts out his over paid, thieving ministers homes... Disgusting to even think about the ministers who’s don’t perform their basic jobs properlt‼️😡‼️😡‼️
ANC leadership is disgusting. No shame whatsoever!
i thought he will be different .
Here we go again... Nkandlagate 2.0
ejbloem aaah😌
WHAT hope this is not true
lootgous Aah, already starting looting before Mr president Ramaphosa inaugurated.
What's so special about the ministers? Mr Ramaphosa is insulting the nation,people have no proper housing and sanitation. Eskom needs a bail-out. Health system US has pulled out- why doesnt he use the money to at least subsidize the above mentoned. Mmušo o raloka ka batho ba SA
Kunemali Lana eSouth Africa.
This is saddening 😢😢😢😢😢😢
Yet he wants to build a million homes, just more lies and deception
Ohhh I don't qualify to buy a Bond 🏠 an I don't even qualify for RDP an I don't have money to buy land so what about missing class like me
Can I get that tender please
Hebana, matata fela mo. Another Nkhandla.
Thats not the plan, the plan is to steal away R500m of that money nd spend maybe R250m.
It had been and will always about them politicians NOT us as masses. Let that sink in.
This can never be true then I will cereal(Cyril) will disrespecting us🤔🤔
Njani
While public servants get 1200 rands of housing allowance!
Uyadakwa
Leon_Schreib Disgusting people really
AskMyFave 🗣🗣🗣 CyrilRamaphosa Renovations zanton for LOOTERS? awuva tuuuuuu awumameli umphakathi president... zawugagana nanku 08 May... ndiyafunga🤞🏾
Maar Hou kom?
Fake news
Is this necessary? 😰
He is buying their loyalty. Kunzima guys
I read this article somewhere & it said
Why not upgrade schools and hospitals
Upgrade for what?
Very misleading headline. The department of public works, in carrying out their mandate, have set aside R750 million to upgrade government owned buildings. They cud be ministers homes, parliament building, union buildings, any state owned property
CyrilRamaphosa I am sure you are planning another nkandla upgrade MYANC never want to self correct only paying lip service, we the public will be subjected to another fire pool demonstration ...kude la kiyiwa khona madoda
The people of Alexandra has just been fooled again. This time it didn't take 5 years but just 5 days. That is the Ramaphosa they so warmly welcomed.
KhandaniM Can the Zuma Anti-bloated cabinet stand up. Wanna check something.
Fake news
Alex protesters niryt😂🤣😂🤣ubezonenz islima
Why..? CyrilRamaphosa must redirect that money to Alexander. Don’t this Ministers have their own homes .? That’s why they don’t care about the people because they live like Kings.
Click bait.
Ey ppl are still suffering from lack of basic needs (running water, electricity) dating back to apardheid times but ahhh fuck them. They voted ANC and now ministers get preference over the actual ppl who need the help... ANC nothing new here
My RDP brick shack also needs to be upgraded to a real house.
Maybe the idea was planted by what he saw in Alex🤔
Why? For what reason?
How about spending this money on building toilets at schools that dont have any
Gutter journalism
You should rather spend that money to build homes for those who need it, Mr President!!!
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
What about the people of Alex Will the ANC of Ramaphosa ever deliver
Can’t they build their own houses like all public servants. Bullshit struu
OK this is now really taking the p...
Politicians should stay in normal houses in normal neighborhoods.
Really
Akasile lomjita
Ao banna this time?
Yadliwa futhi
Yhoo what a misleading article when i read it there is nothing related to Ramaphosa
Anything for media to drive us off the rail.
Why ?
Is this fake news though 🧐let poor masses vote for ANC
The nerve!!!
Nkanyiso_ngqulu Cant the money be used for Alex or SME to grow the economy or growth the economy is spending on ministers
marinavanzyl Looks like the new dawn is for certain people only
marinavanzyl Highly likely he knows nothing about this.
Eskom_SA needs a facelift too CyrilRamaphosa
mxm sies 😩
KhandaniM 750 million nice 3 bed houses
Ramaphosa must start with Alex before thinking about upgrading Minister's homes......
It's their turn to eat...
What gets my blood boiling is “Ramapoesa is spending OUR tax money to use as he pleases. Don’t these so called ministers earn enough monthly🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Installing fire pools and bulletproof windows, no doubt
Belt tightening is Anathema to these comrades.
He's buying their loyalty with our hard earned taxes.
Aysap_ MbalulaFikile nizikaka masela ndini
_Zwoluga If they don’t renovate,nightmares there and Zuma will come and say this is the carpet I changed in 2010, it still looks good, you are looking after it properly or maybe he didn’t,all the money was taken and the houses are not habitable
He mustn't act shocked when the masses demands answers!!
Where is Ramaphosa getting the R750m? Is Ramaphosa or is it Public Works Depart that is going to do upgrades? Can you REPORT TRUTH PLEASE
Free T-shirts for the voters and mansions for my MPs!
CyrilRamaphosa PresidencyZA MmusiMaimane R750m more waste ! That’s another reason why we must not vote for this ANC cause Tax Payers money looted & wasted ! What’s new , This Goverment ...Pathetic
So fuck the poor then?
😊😊😊🙁🙁🙁🙁
ChefKhloe So they won't reduce the cabinet salary bill?
KhandaniM It's actually Government
Nkandla season 2
Must be mad
Nice of him if from his own pocket!
I remember how happy the country was when zuma resigned and ramaphosa stepped in. We were all singing Thuma mina thinking it will get better ... let that sink in 😭
CyrilRamaphosa what about the people who you want to vote 4 u.hv u seen their homes?I bet you wouldn't even eat nor drink water
CyrilRamaphosa if I could I would remove you from that chair cos u're useless mus. Pls visit white city jabavu, we have nothing
things we vote for , while they eat cheese&bacon 4 breakfast. We eat papa n water. Mxm I wish I could be the president😏
SA citizens you cannot let this happen!! Vote ANC out in May!!!
Ntate Ramaphosa is failing me now big time. Upgrade ppl hu are already in luxury n the masses of SA are in deep poverty. This is not a priority right now. Ppl are living in squatter camps.
Why Ministers get free state houses ? Aren't they getting paid millions, with many other benefits. What kind of renovations that cost so much?
Insanity. Surely this self indulgence will drive another batch of voters to punish ANC on 8 May. He was shocked at the state of Alex and with this wasteful splurge confirms that cronies come before the poor of that township. Disgraceful
Really? Good luck.
What happened to the feasibility study report on Parliament's relocating from Cape Town to Pretoria Pamoja PTY LTD was appointed in May 2018 for a 6 months project. 10 months later no report, no word.
How come one earn such a huge salary, stay in a free big mansion house and free renovation..
Is this a joke or a jab at our people...
🙈🙉
Mxm!!!
Seems as if ministers house get upgraded every year
What goes on here CyrilRamaphosa MbalulaFikile ? 😓
How bout spending that money on the homeless?
CyrilRamaphosa - are you kidding? We have pit toilets and open sewerage on streets. One category of persons who don’t need more handouts, are MYANC ministers. They should have more than enough after 25 years of plundering SA.
Imagine if he kept up with ESKOM’s maintenance?
The poor will still remain poor under Anc Government and the Rich will be the richest😃😃
How big is this kitchen that needs 1 million to be revamped?
Why don't they upgrade their own homes? Akere they are earning a salary
He means with our taxes, if he only knew what we can't afford our own houses.
Truth is we dont need Public Works department.
Why not buy new houses once
Isn't that suppose to be used in Alex
Tjoo Satafrica Kodwa
Buying loyalty...
Instant of building more houses for the poor he think about people who don't need this service because they earn big salaries!
And yet there are schools and townships that still have pit latrines, and live in squalor and filth. We are a country on the edge of collapse and yet CyrilRamaphosa and MYANC only think of themselves which ironically lead us to this in the first place
Why?
The problem is the voters 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
And he just promised 1 million houses to the residents of Alexander. Is he sure the fiscus can afford all this?
Lol guys Ningizimu Afrika? 😩
Bruceps a plan is here and very loud and clear
Why can't they upgrade their homes? You know this policies that exist sometimes render voters useless.
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