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PRASA spends R3.3m on New Age subscriptions - Ben Martins

Transport minister says 3 200 copies of newspaper delivered to rail agency daily

THE QUESTION

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCE
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 203
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: 27 MAY 2013

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: FRIDAY, 17 MAY  2013 INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NO 13 - 2013)

Mr D B Feldman (COPE-Gauteng) to ask the Minister of Transport:

Whether the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa has a subscription with a certain media company (The New Age); if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details? CW291E

3. THE WRITTEN REPLY

The Minister of Transport:

PRASA has a subscription agreement with The New Age media company which provides PRASA with 3200 copies of the newspaper on a daily basis from Monday to Friday. The price structure and payment schedule for 12 months is as follows:

 

Cover price incl VAT

No of publishing days

Copies delivered per day

Contractual Agreement incl VAT

13 August 2012 to 12 August 2013

R 3.50

256

3 200

R2 867 200.00

13 August 2012 to 12 August 2013

R 0.50

256

3 200

R409 600.00

Total cost

 

 

 

R3 276 800.00

Issued by Parliament, May 27 2013

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