Since taking office, President Jacob Zuma's government has spent a total of R1,5-billion on luxury cars, five-star hotel accommodation, parties, tickets for sports events and "self-congratulatory" advertising, the DA said on Thursday.
"This kind of spending represents a gross misallocation of public funds," Democratic Alliance spokesperson Lindiwe Mazibuko told a parliamentary media briefing.
The R1,5-billion was R500-million more than the figure reported by her party in April this year, she said.
According to the DA's Wasteful Expenditure Monitor, released at the briefing, the national department to "waste" the most was public works.
"It spent approximately R99-million on upgrades to the residences of public officials when the Zuma administration came into office," the document stated.
The DA said the most wasteful provincial government, "by quite a large margin", was the African National Congress-run KwaZulu-Natal.
"It spent R120,5-million on a variety of items, including unnecessary rental space, luxury cars and artwork."
Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu was responsible for the biggest expenditure on cars since April, her department having spent about R7-million on four Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
The monitor says the total spent on new vehicles by Zuma's government was now R65,8-million.
The total spent on parties, conferences and similar events now totalled R209-million, including R300 000 spent on a party by the Tshwane Metro Council to celebrate executive mayor Gwen Ramokgopa's state of the city address and a gala dinner at the Pretoria city hall.
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