Education MEC's 'faulty Merc' scam costs taxpayer R100k a month
Letter forged to spare education MEC using luxury car of previous incumbent and rival
10 November 2019 - 00:05
A KwaZulu-Natal MEC has been caught using an elaborate scam to justify his not using the state car used by his predecessor - instead blowing hundreds of thousands of rands in taxpayers' money on car hire...
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