Huge bill for funeral food haunts Tshwane metro

[TheChamp]

The city of Tshwane spent a staggering R400,000 on food for the funeral of its councillor in Winterveldt, north of Pretoria. The amount is part of the total expenditure totaling R576,966,75 spent at the late Esther Matumane's funeral in September last year.

Talks about the high cost of this civic funeral, managed by the speaker's office, have dominated the corridors of Tshwane House as a report pertaining to this expenditure was among those expected to be put before council soon.

Two companies which provided groceries or rendered catering services were paid R330,699.75 and R69,000, respectively. The service provider that was paid R330,699.75 for providing, among others, assorted sandwiches, soft drinks, 100% juice, bottled water and meals among others.

The R69,000 went towards buying groceries.

Huge bill for funeral food haunts Tshwane metro

The city of Tshwane spent a staggering R400,000 on food for the funeral of its councillor in Winterveldt, north of Pretoria.

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[The_Librarian]

lol, oinkage at its purest.

 

[GreatWmR]

That's a lot of KFC

EDIT: Whoops never mind, but those must be some luxury sandwiches

 

[Lupus]

Anything the government touches is just screwed isn't it. I mean really 400k for food?

 

[ponder]

Why must the taxpayer foot the bill for a civil servant?

 

[ponder]

Anything the government touches is just screwed isn't it. I mean really 400k for food?

Johnny walker don't come cheap.

 

[MachoPants]

Only 250 people attended when catering was for 2000 pax, aaah inflated numbers, the usual carnage rip off

 

[pinball wizard]

The alternative dining in Winterveldt:

 

[Pitbull]

If you read the article it's actually not that excessive. R 98 per head for catering, pretty cheapish.

If they catered for 2000 and 250 arrived, who's fault is it really? But did they cater for 2000 people though? That is an insane amount of food that would have been left over.

 

[crysis]

They put the "FUN" in "FUNeral".

 

[Lupus]

Johnny walker don't come cheap.

Yup it doesn't but surely not that much?

 

[ForceFate]

What was being served? Were they using those air-conditioned marquees and a private chef for "dignitaries"?

 

[SaiyanZ]

Why must the taxpayer foot the bill for a civil servant?

Yeah, why are we paying even R1 for this funeral?

 

[TheChamp]

Why must the taxpayer foot the bill for a civil servant?

Same reason we are footing the bill for state funerals.

 

[ponder]

Same reason we are footing the bill for state funerals.

No. There are official policies wrt who qualifies for state & provincial funerals and not many qualify, a municipal councillor is not one of them.

These twats just decide on their own who they gonna spend money on.

I can't copy the link here but if you google "State, Official and Provincial Funeral Policy Manual" it will be the first result in pdf form

 

[SaiyanZ]

Same reason we are footing the bill for state funerals.

These politicians are already paid enough from our taxes. They can go and purchase a funeral policy like the rest of us.

 

[Spliffcat]

The public works for the pigs not the other way around.
This is normal decolonisation.

 

[TheChamp]

No. There are official policies wrt who qualifies for state & provincial funerals and not many qualify, a municipal councillor is not one of them.

These twats just decide on their own who they gonna spend money on.

I can't copy the link here but if you google "State, Official and Provincial Funeral Policy Manual" it will be the first result in pdf form

Talk about missing the point, still busy, I will come back to explain what I meant.

 

[TheChamp]

No. There are official policies wrt who qualifies for state & provincial funerals and not many qualify, a municipal councillor is not one of them.

These twats just decide on their own who they gonna spend money on.

I can't copy the link here but if you google "State, Official and Provincial Funeral Policy Manual" it will be the first result in pdf form

Here, there is a policy on civic funerals at local government , same way as there is for state and provincial funerals, that is what I was trying to point out to you.

 

[ponder]

Here, there is a policy on civic funerals at local government , same way as there is for state and provincial funerals, that is what I was trying to pint out to you.

Ok so that opens the door for 1000's more funerals at taxpayer expense, it's bs.