Pretoria - Government has dismissed media reports claiming that the reconfigured executive will cost taxpayers an additional R66 million a year.
According to media reports, the figure emanates from the Medium Term Budget Statement.
However, Department of Communications, acting Director-General, Donald Liphoko said: “This continued inaccurate reporting is a willful distortion of the budget appropriation process.
“The reports are misleading as Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene did not mince his words when he said the money would come from existing budgets, mostly through expenditure reprioritisation. This is by no means a suggestion of an extra burden to taxpayers.”
Liphoko said Cabinet’s restructuring as outlined by President Jacob Zuma is aimed at ensuring that the state operates efficiently and at its optimal level to deliver on government priorities and enhance service delivery. - SAnews.gov.za
