The Every Rand Counts campaign currently monitors seven key categories of wasteful and fruitless expenditure incurred under the Zuma administration.

They are listed here, along with the amounts incurred:
1.    Advertising - wasteful marketing, e-marketing and self-congratulatory advertising - R19 570 000
2.    Hotelgate - unnecessary property rentals, hotel stays and property renovations - R166 975 000
3.    Cargate - wasteful expenditure on luxury vehicles for politicians - R69 735 000
4.    Partygate - wasteful expenditure on parties, conferences and other events - R160 870 000
5.    Ticketgate - wasteful expenditure on tickets to sports events and other entertainment - R196 975 000
6.    Audited waste - items of wasteful expenditure appearing in financial audits - R351 300 000
7.    Other waste – such as Cuban debt-forgiveness and money to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe – R2 863 385 000

Total: R3 828 810 000

This R3.8 billion, which was uselessly frittered away, could have paid for:
•    70,903 RDP houses (at R54,000 each)
•    22,522 teacher’s salaries for one year (at R170,000 per annum)
•    382 new rural clinics (at R10 million each)
•    95 new schools (at R40 million each)
•    7 new 280-bed hospitals (at R500 million each)

Recent items added to the monitor include:
•    R30 million on housing refurbishments for President Zuma’s various residences
•    R83 million in various state sponsorships of the National Youth Development Agency’s ‘Anti-Imperialism’ Conference
•    R1 billion in debt relief for Cuba
•    Over R700 million in unexplained aid to Zimbabwe and Guinea Conakry
•    Almost R200 million on World Cup tickets for various national government departments and entities

A comprehensive list of wasteful expenditure items is included on the Every Rand Counts website.