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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 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."
stated costIllicit Mining Task TeamAdv Sello SCCL0042417
"the Illicit Mining Task Team, the most expensive that has cost the nation thus far 1.1 billion."
total cost zarIllicit Mining Task TeamAdv Sello SCCL0042848
"it was in existence at the time this Marais report was issued."
existence statusIllicit Mining Task TeamAdv Sello SCCL0042849
"that task team would fall under the last bullet point, which is Illegal Mining Task Teams."
categoryIllicit Mining Task TeamAdv Sello SCCL0042850
"in the following year, it was financed, the same task team that you so described, for 738 million."
budget zarIllicit Mining Task TeamAdv Sello SCCL0042851
"this year it has been budgeted for 294 million."
budget zarIllicit Mining Task TeamAdv Sello SCCL0042852
"Total of 1.1 billion."
total cost zarIllicit Mining Task TeamAdv Sello SCCL0042853