1. (a) The average expenditure per annum for South African foreign missions is R28.231 million.
(b) (i) The top 10 most expensive foreign missions and (ii) their annual costs to the department are as follows:
No. |
|
|
|
|
R'000 |
1 |
GENEVA |
102,815 |
2 |
LONDON |
94,601 |
3 |
BRUSSELS |
88,458 |
4 |
NEW YORK(CG) |
79,902 |
5 |
NEW YORK(UN) |
79,009 |
6 |
WASHINGTON DC |
76,078 |
7 |
BEIJING |
73,461 |
8 |
VIENNA |
67,727 |
9 |
PARIS |
66,098 |
10 |
LUANDA |
65,337 |
2. Costing exercise for foreign missions by Government Technical Advisory Centre of National Treasury was last done in 2013.