Several outgoing ministers and deputy ministers have left the homes that they were given during their tenure in a dreadful state.
According to the Public Works and Infrastructure Ministry, shortly after Minister Dean Macpherson took office, he found some properties in the Prestige Unit in a disgusting or derelict state.
The ministry spokesperson, James de Villiers said that South Africa owns 97 state homes within its Prestige Unit, valued at around R830 million in Cape Town and R137 million in Pretoria.
The ministry said that one of the main problems that occurred when Macpherson took office was that some non-returning ministers and deputy ministers refused to vacate their properties.
Some of these office bearers also delayed vacating their properties.
