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Illicit Mining Task Team budget — R294M vs R738M discrepancy
Testimony presented two budget figures for the Illicit Mining Task Team — R294 million for one fiscal year and R738 million for the next, a 150% increase. The same figures were attributed to the same entity under examination, constituting the core funding discrepancy of this scheme. Exact fiscal years and the decision date are not specified in the corpus.
7 claimsIllicit Mining Task Team funding
7 claims from testimony
"the most expensive is the illicit mining, only CARA funding, at 1.1 billion over a three-year period, 2023/2024 up to 2025/2026, and that is up to the 30th of September 2025."
"the Illicit Mining Task Team, the most expensive that has cost the nation thus far 1.1 billion."
"it was in existence at the time this Marais report was issued."
"that task team would fall under the last bullet point, which is Illegal Mining Task Teams."
"in the following year, it was financed, the same task team that you so described, for 738 million."
"this year it has been budgeted for 294 million."
"Total of 1.1 billion."