Parliament – In his State of the Nation speech on Thursday, President Jacob Zuma declared war on over-spending by public servants.
He announced a number of belt-tightening initiatives, taking particular aim at a variety of items, such as state-funded feasts and international travel junkets.
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It seems there will be no more bloated South African delegations on less-than-vital international trips. As of now, Zuma said, travel requests would need to be motivated properly and submissions would be interrogated fully.
He also promised that luxurious catering for all at state-funded events would be a thing of the past.
African News Agency