Minister McKenzie defends R31-million FIFA World Cup expenditure [SOUND]

# Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has defended the approximately 31-million-rand expenditure on South Africa’s Fifa World Cup programme, saying the department has nothing to hide. This follows criticism from political parties that the expenditure was wasteful. The department’s spokesperson, Zimasa Velaphi, says the programme involved 151 participants travelling to Mexico and the US, excluding service providers, with private sponsors covering part of the costs. She says a final reconciliation of sponsor contributions is still underway: