# ActionSA calls for urgent fiscal discipline following revelations that the government spent three-billion-rand on foreign missions in the past financial year. The party says the Department of International Relations and Cooperation maintains 115 diplomatic offices worldwide, many in countries with little strategic benefit. It also flagged duplication of embassies in several countries, including the US and India. ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba revealed missions in conflict zones and non-operational embassies like Tel Aviv still cost millions, with no system in place to assess value for money.
ActionSA slams R3-billion spend on foreign missions as wasteful