Here’s the latest proposal shoveling tax dollars into the pockets of politicians.

Parliament’s new post-retirement travel policy, which could see MPs with 15 years or more of service gain 24 business class air flights a year for 10 years, has been agreed to in principle. It must still be adopted if it is to come into effect.

This policy was agreed to by the national legislature’s highest policy-making structure, the Parliamentary Oversight Authority (POA) …

The new post-retirement travel privileges would see MPs who had served one term of five years receive eight single economy air tickets a year for 10 years; those who had served 10 years getting 16 single economy tickets; and those with three terms under their belts receiving 24 single business-class tickets a year.

This could add tens of millions in expenditure from the national coffers at a time when Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has called for cost-cutting and savings.

And in a potentially controversial decision, the POA decided that these post-retirement travel privileges should also apply to all nine provincial legislatures, benefiting a total of 430 MPLs, in addition to the 400 National Assembly MPs and 54 National Council of Provinces delegates. The POA report also said there should be no restriction on the number of tickets used by a spouse from this new quota. …

Travel policy set to allow retired MPs to stay on gravy plane

reaction – Proposed retired MP travel benefit slammed

Here’s an overview of the corruption charges against Zuma.

I’ve yet to talk to anyone here who likes Jacob Zuma.

He’s currently being slammed for this scandal.

President Zuma says he shouldn’t have to pay for government paid improvements to his personal home because … he didn’t ask for the renovations.

I didn’t ask for Nkandla upgrade – Zuma

The cost of the refurbishments, which include a helipad, a swimming pool and even a chicken coop, ballooned from the initial estimate of R65m in 2009 to R246m.

South African elections are coming up. Most assume the NAC will win again. Many hope for some kind of strong opposition, however.