National Dialogue estimated cost of R700m will be drastically reduced - Ramaphosa

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa hopes the Cabinet review of the R700 million price tag for the National Dialogue will be able to drive the estimated cost to the “bare bones”.

- MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA

“We are going to make sure that it is driven down. It is just an estimate,” he said when responding to questions in the National Council of Provinces yesterday.

Ramaphosa said they are going to make sure that they spend as little as possible, but at the same time, have as much consultation as possible.

“What has been put out as the budgeted amount is going to be looked at. I have said to my colleagues that the cost that has been put out must be driven down, and we must get to the bare bones and make sure that we have a very rich process of giving South Africans an opportunity of coming up with a very good outcome of the dialogue.”