Sidelines
[translation]
Pahad says (on being served an account for his outstanding rent); "You can throw me out. I'll go stay at The Mount Nelson instead".
Fred Mouton
'Die Burger' has had just three full time daily cartoonists since it was founded in 1915 under the editorship of DF Malan; all three of them giants of South African…>

Ministerial Rent Defaulters
WHERE'S THE RENT? IT'S SPENT! Former deputy minister of foreign affairs Aziz Pahad owes R153 000 in rental arrears for his official accommodation. Ministers' rent is calculated at 1% of the their salaries, but recent revelations show that the state is owed millions in unpaid rentals. FRED MOUTON suggests things could have been far worse - Pahad could have amassed a huge luxury hotel bill on top of that, as some of his colleagues have done.