# ActionSA has revealed that South Africa’s bloated government of national unity cabinet of 32 ministers and 43 deputy ministers costs taxpayers an estimated 603-million-rand every year. The party’s Athol Trollip says each minister costs about 8.9-million-rand annually, while each deputy minister costs 7.4-million, including salaries and staff. Trollip says ActionSA argues that these figures expose wasteful spending while millions of South Africans struggle daily:
ActionSA exposes wasteful spending in bloated GNU cabinet [SOUND]
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