Parliament to make Great Trek
Cape Town - Parliament will soon move at huge cost to Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo for two days and even the town's airport will not escape unscathed.
The name of the project is The People's Parliament and 464 hotel rooms have been reserved provisionally.
Parliament could not provide an estimate on Thursday of what it would cost to fly the MPs and their support staff to Oudtshoorn and to house and feed them there.
The purpose of the project - planned for September 14 and 15 - is to take parliament to the people.
A meeting of the parliamentary programme committee was told on Thursday that trains, which would have taken them to Oudtshoorn, were not regarded as practical as they would have had to stand at the sidings for too long.
Now, between four and six aircraft will be chartered (the cost has not been determined yet) and, because Oudtshoorn airport is not equipped for such big aircraft, certain changes will have to be made to accommodate them.
R626 400 for accommodation
These include, among other things, extra fire engines and safety personnel.
Rumours were rife among political parties that the runway would have to be extended, but Tango Lamani, parliament's general manager of operations, said this would not be necessary.
The standard tariff of the Oudtshoorn Inn is R450 a night for a single room.
The cost of 464 rooms for three nights at the inn would run to R626 400.
Opposition parties have said the whole idea is a waste of money.
News source: www.news24.co.za
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