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OUTA says ending deputy minister posts could save taxpayers hundreds of millions of rands annually [SOUND]

# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has expressed support for ActionSA’s proposed bill in Parliament aimed at reforming the executive and cabinet structure. The Constitution Twenty-Second Amendment Bill seeks to scrap deputy ministers, introduce parliamentary checks on appointments, and let the National Assembly remove ministers through no-confidence motions. OUTA’s Rachel Fischer says deputy ministers currently cost taxpayers over 287-million-rand a year, not including extra perks:

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