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Govt puts screws on Nozizwe
26/08/2007 09:29 - (SA)
Johannesburg - A government assault on the finances of the axed deputy minister of health, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, has left her broke, the Sunday Times reported.
She has been forced to accept money from her elderly mother after her salary was docked to reclaim the cost of her controversial trip to Spain.
Now, as the screws are being tightened on her finances, Madlala-Routledge on Friday received a third letter of demand, this time from the Department of Public Works.
The department suddenly wants her to pay R26 700 that she has owed on rent for her ministerial houses since 2001, an estimated R371 a month.
Madlala-Routledge was fired by President Thabo Mbeki after she travelled to Spain for an Aids vaccine conference, a trip that he had not authorised.
Within days of her firing, the government swung into action, demanding money.
The Department of Health wants R312 000 for the trip to Spain.
Various politicians and organisations told the Sunday Times they believed she was being victimised.
DA leader Helen Zille said there was an obvious vendetta against Madlala-Routledge and described the bills as selective debt collecting.
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