Govt buys R10,000 showers for Zuma house

The Department of Public Works has approved a set of design features which exclude local, less expensive products, for bizarre reasons. For example, the approved bath mixer stand has a horizontal hand shower, whilst the local equivalent has an angled hand shower. For the 4 units that are required, is this small difference worth R110 000.00? Other examples follow:

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In delivering his budget vote to Parliament, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan warned that the state had to be more disciplined in the way it manages its money. He stated: "After seven years of growing budgets and rising revenues there is a degree of fiscal looseness in the system and now is the time to tighten up on that looseness". He continued, "money is not the problem ... it is how we spend the money. This has to improve. In several sectors, budgets have grown exponentially but outputs have not increased in tandem".

Yet, once again and in spite of the Finance Minister's request, it is apparent that public money is being misused; this time on completely unnecessary opulence on the part of the government. In a time where local businesses are suffering and jobs need to be saved, yet another opportunity has been lost to encourage local procurement.

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NameOfBeast said:

He continued, "money is not the problem ... it is how we spend the money.

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BLIXEMPIE said:

Now Zuma can fsck at will in his new home...

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BrandonH said:

I wonder if zapiro will bring back zuma's shower head for this.

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