By Sihle Mavuso
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) is facing backlash after handing brand new, taxpayer-funded high-end vehicles to traditional leaders.
Cogta MEC, the IFP’s Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi, unveiled the vehicles – Ford Territory SUVs and GWM P-series double cab bakkies – last week in Ulundi, the traditional capital of the Zulu kingdom, during the official opening of the Provincial House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders.
The Ford Territory SUVs retail at about R594,500 to R734,000 per unit, while the GWM P300 double-cab bakkies retail at about R529,900 to R699,900 per unit, depending on the derivative.
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The Umkhonto Wesizwe Party’s Royalty Traditional Leadership Council (MKPRTLC), said that while it welcomed Buthelezi supplying traditional leaders with trade tools, the exclusion of some traditional leaders was a “travesty”.
“We congratulate those
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