The latest members of government’s WaBenzi club, the elite club of big spender cabinet ministers who recently splurged R11-million on new luxury vehicles, the executive team of the Free State has taken top honours for the most expensive car splurge to date, beating eight other provinces to the line.
Clockwise: Minister of communications Siphiwe Nyanda spent R2.2-million on two BMW 7-series limos; Free State premier Ace Magashule spent R1.3-million on a Merc S-600, giving new meaning to the term 'Free State bicycle'; minister of police Nathi Mthethwa needed two BMW X5s, setting the state back R1.3-million; and Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya, minister of women and children, needed a Range Rover for Pretoria and an Audi A6 for Cape Town, at R1.26-million. 
Free State government spokesperson Teboho Sikisi passed away in car crash in the central parts of the province last night.
Sikisi and another man died in the accident while a woman travelling in the car with them on the road between Bloemfontein and Bultfontein escaped with minor injuries. The second man who died in the accident may not be named yet as his next of kin are yet to be notified.
The driver of the BMW Z4 that the three people were travelling in lost control of the vehicle and the car turned over in the adjacent field. It is still not known at this stage who the driver of the car was - but a case of culpable homicide has been opened.
Sikisi has been the spokesperson for the provincial ANC leadership for more than three years and is a former ANC Youth League leader in the province.
At the time of his death, Sikisi was also a member of the ANC's provincial executive committee in the Free State and acted as the party's provincial spokesperson.
Sikisi was on his way home to attend his 3-month old- daughter's christening today.
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