The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
(a) I have instituted investigations into this matter, and the Director-General for Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI), Adv. Sam Vukela, has appointed an investigator. The investigation is currently underway.
(b) The DPWI procured the following hotels for the repatriates on the day,
• Capital Menlyn Maine Hotel
• Radisson Blu-Gautrain Hotel
(c) The Department of Health reportedly allocated the passengers to the available rooms at the following facilities;
• Eskom (70 rooms),
• Transnet Esselen park (80 rooms) and
• Telkom (30 rooms).
(d) (i) Negotiated cost per room for the Capital Menlyn Maine Hotel is R1138.50, and for the Radisson Blu Gautrain Hotel is R1000.00
(ii) DPWI did not contract with public facilities.
(e) (i) The Department informed me that DPWI did not incur any losses as no monies were paid in advance to the two hotels.