KZN splurges R1bn on food, travel

WAS it caviar and 6-star hotels or imported linen and the services of the next Masterchef? Finance MEC Francois Rodgers is battling to understand how senior public servants in KwaZulu-Natal ran up a food and accommodation tab of more than R1 billion in a single year.The staggering subsistence and travel (S&T) bill, which ate into the province’s coffers during the 2023/24 financial year, was in addition to a R600 million government airtime and data bill in the same period.Rodgers is now considering a probe to get to the heart of the massive expense.In an interview with the Independent On…