Secretary to Parliament splurges R44,000 on chauffeur-driven Mercedes-Benz
City Press has reported that Secretary to Parliament Gengezi Mgidlana forked out R44,320 for a chauffeur-driven Mercedes-Benz while on an overseas trip.
The paper reported that Mgidlana went on a “study visit” to Budapest, Hungary in July, where he hired a Mercedes-Benz E-Class at R8,660 per day for five days, at the tax payers expense.
City Press previously reported that Mgidlana and senior parliamentary staff spent almost R2 million in “benchmarking” trips, flying business class and staying in five-star hotels in the UK and Turkey.
On that occasion, Mgidlana spent R42,150 for three nights at the Conrad London St James Hotel, in London.
Parliament documents also revealed how Mgidlana spent five nights in a suite at the Michelangelo Hotel in Sandton at a cost of R31,653, while also being chauffer-driven around Johannesburg in a Mercedes-Benz.
On another occasion, Mgidlana occupied a condo at the hotel for six nights at a total cost of R52,638 which included a food bill of R3,215 and R730 spent on beverages.
According to a parliamentary document seen by City Press, Mgidlana was in Johannesburg for a security cluster meeting.
Parliament said that his trips were undertaken as “strategic imperatives” to help reposition Parliament to “launch itself on to a new development trajectory for the second generation”.
Read the full report in the 18 December edition of the City Press.
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