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Zondo commission costs reach R365m - Ronald Lamola

Justice minister says R86m spent on investigators this financial year

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO: 709 DATE OF QUESTION: 30 AUGUST 2019

DATE OF SUBMISSION: 6 SEPTEMBER 2019

Mr M Chetty (DA) to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services:

What is the (a) total cost and (b) detailed breakdown of the cost incurred since the establishment of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry to Inquire into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State, chaired by the Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo?

REPLY:

(a)   A total amount of R356, 127 million has been spent since the establishment of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry to Inquire into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State up to   31 August 2019 as tabulated below:

Financial Year

Expenditure

R'000

2018/19

244 573

2019/20 as at 31 August 2019

111 553

Total Spent

356 127

(b)   The table below provides a detailed breakdown of the cost incurred since the establishment of the Commission:

Main Cost Drivers

Expenditure

2018/19

Expenditure up to

end Aug 2019

Total Expenditure

Compensation of Employees

R

9 966 687

R

5 629 516

R

15 596 204

Goods and Services

R

183 384 323

R

103 016 361

R

286 400 684

Investigators

R

2 269 164

R

86 173 202

R

88 442 366

Legal Services

R

39 835 986

R

13 071 100

R

52 907 086

Assets <5000

R

405 565

R

93 009

R

498 574

Investigative Tools

R

34 857 198

R

-

R

34 857 198

Travel and Subsistence

R

1 384 969

R

586 653

R

1 971 622

Printing and Publications

R

 103 396

R

59 590

R

162 986

Operating Lease :Building

R

1 125 511

R

22 420

R

1 147 931

Communication

R

9 679 625

R

863 938

R

10 543 563

Other Goods and Services

R

93 722 910

R

2 146 449

R

95 869 358

H/H Empl S/BEN: Leave Gratuity

 

R

-

R

-

Building & other Fix Structure

R

288 517

R

176 316

R

464 833

Machinery and Equipment

R

50 933 868

R

2 731 072

R

53 664 940

PAYMENTS FOR FINANCIAL ASSET

R

-

R

-

R

-

Total State Capture Commission

R

244 573 395

R

111 553 266

R

356 127 000

Issued by Parliament, 16 September 2019