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    More than R49 million was spent on consultants involved in building projects at President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla homestead, Democratic Alliance MP Anchen Dreyer said on Tuesday.

    While the generally-accepted norm for consultants fees in the building industry was "about 18 percent of the total cost of the contract", those paid at Nkandla where "almost double" this figure, she told MPs in the National Assembly.

    "While we know that the...read more here: R49 million spent on Nkandla consultants

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    Wow I'm tired of hearing about gross negligent spending of our tax money... Feel completely helpless about it too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by markface View Post
    Wow I'm tired of hearing about gross negligent spending of our tax money... Feel completely helpless about it too.
    Dude, last night I saw a news report that said in a single year span, R28 Billion was wasted by the government, as there isn't a record of how it was spent and to what end. I can't remember who did the audit.

    I'm still in disbelief

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint_Dee View Post
    Dude, last night I saw a news report that said in a single year span, R28 Billion was wasted by the government, as there isn't a record of how it was spent and to what end. I can't remember who did the audit.

    I'm still in disbelief
    This is from the Auditor General's annual report across all government departments.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fivel View Post
    This is from the Auditor General's annual report across all government departments.
    That's the one. Seriously though, R 28 Billion???

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    If you really want to read some scarey stuff: http://www.agsa.co.za/Portals/1/Repo...20part%201.pdf

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