ActionSA says bloated cabinet expansion costs over R1-billion [SOUND]

# ActionSA has reiterated its calls for a lean, effective cabinet of no more than 20 ministers, with all deputy minister positions abolished. The party has revealed that the country’s bloated cabinet expansion, which will burden taxpayers with an additional 239-million-rand annually, cumulatively exceeds one-billion-rand over the current term. The formation of the government of national unity saw cabinet expand from 30 to 32 ministers and from 36 to 43 deputy ministers. ActionSA’s, Athol Trollip, says this is an outrageous financial burden on taxpayers: