(1) I took a total of 49 international trips in the past five financial years.
a) I travelled with my spouse, Mrs TD Motsoaledi on four of the 49 trips mentioned above. One of these four trips was a fully sponsored trip by the host.
b) None
The table below presents a summary of the trips on which I was accompanied by my spouse.
Purpose of trip |
Destination |
Total Cost to Dept |
Breakdown of cost |
|
Air ticket |
Daily allowance |
|||
2013 International Symposium for Design and Health |
Doha, State of Qatar |
None, the trip was fully paid for by the hosts who invited me to to attend the Symposium |
R63 381-00 |
R6 352-00 |
Celebration of Diplomatic relations between China and SA World Economic Forum Annual meeting of the New Champions 2014 |
Tiajin, People's Republic of China |
R57 340-47 |
R51 496-00 |
R5 844-47 |
4th meeting of the BRICS Health Ministers |
Brasilia, Brazil |
R74 038-20 |
R69 537-39 |
R4 500-81 |
Stop TB Partnership Board retreat, meeting and other activities |
Paris, France |
R71 758-58 |
R64 996-72 |
R6 761-86 |
TOTAL |
R203,137.25 |
(2) Yes, each of the specified trips were approved by the President in terms of the provisions of Section1, Annexure A of the Ministerial Handbook.
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