SA spent R1.8 million on beds for ministers

[Bradley Prior]

SA spent R1.8 million on beds for ministers

The Sunday Times reports that the South African government has spent millions of rands on the state-owned Cape Town houses of ministers of parliament.

 

[W@P]

Bed gate

 

[TheChamp]

The Department for Public Works reportedly supplied the data. It is responsible for the upkeep of homes in the country’s parliamentary villages.

Looks like it is responsible for much more than the upkeep of the homes because beds are not part of the upkeep, do they stop at beds or do they buy the whole furniture?

 

[azbob]

They need some good rest after a hard day’s work. Also, high load beds can be very expensive.

 

[FiestaST]

I'm hardly surprised.

After all the KFC & w@nking these okes would need a good bed for their slumber.

 

[rvZA]

Only fair. Not a bad amount either, considering a single decent modern exclusive designer bed would cost you around that amount. Also, these guys needs a good night's rest knowing they are in charge of a failed state.

 

[kota]

Just a comment for the writers, in these sort of articles, in order to illustrate overspending, the number of beds and their size involved should also matters, maybe you can also add those numbers in similar articles next time, would be interesting to see how much they over paid per bed.

 

[TPM]

Isn't this a form of corruption and promoting corruption ?
Why can't average goods be bought ? What beds were they using at home?
The same goes for cars.... under R500k should suffice.
Shouldn't officials be charged for wasting taxpayers money ?

 

[RonSwanson]

Does that figure include the cost of the bricks to make the beds higher, so that the tokoloshe cannot impregnate the wives of the cuckold husbands?

 

[TheChamp]

And we know no minister is going to sleep on a bed that was used by another minister, especially if they were from an opposing faction, so chances are that new beds must be bought with every reshuffle, one can only imagine how much we spent on beds during the Zuma Presidency.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

SA spent R1.8 million on beds for ministers

The Sunday Times reports that the South African government has spent millions of rands on the state-owned Cape Town houses of ministers of parliament.

Good. They've got our back.

 

[TheChamp]

Isn't this a form of corruption and promoting corruption ?
Why can't average goods be bought ? What beds were they using at home?
The same goes for cars.... under R500k should suffice.
Shouldn't officials be charged for wasting taxpayers money ?

But it is in the Ministerial handbook, how can it be corruption?

 

[KantSnyer]

These beds come pre-loaded with cash?

 

[Pegasus]

You could get 6 brooms for that kind of cash

BEE increased the price of a broom at Eskom to R280,000 — FF Plus

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mybroadband.co.za

 

[Pegasus]

Does that figure include the cost of the bricks to make the beds higher, so that the tokoloshe cannot impregnate the wives of the cuckold husbands?

Do they still do that?

 

[RonSwanson]

Do they still do that?

I had a domestic that did it.

Here is a pic of one from the City Press August 2018:

How to get rid of the tokoloshe | City Press

The tokoloshe is a creature that most of us have at least heard of. The short hairy creature comes for you in the night, looking to cause trouble. But what should you do if the tokoloshe came after you? Phumlani S Langa asks a sangoma for advice.

www.news24.com

 

[daveza]

Most of them sleep in parliament so perhaps new beds are needed.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Good. They've got our back.

Especially if they bought those adjustable beds that cost R31k each.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

But it is in the Ministerial handbook, how can it be corruption?

That is the official corruption manual...

 

[W@P]