The Democratic Alliance continued its campaign on Wednesday to highlight the cost of new vehicles acquired by newly appointed ministers.

According to a written reply to a parliamentary question, the science and technology department has spent R1.4-million on two Mercedes-Benz ML350's for Minister Naledi Pandor.

"This brings the total known amount spent on new vehicles by the ANC government to R18.5-million," DA spokesperson Sandy Kalyan said.

Extras for the two vehicles — one in Cape Town and another in Pretoria — included command navigation, technical off-road package, and private glass, and totalled R154 591.

In her reply, Pandor said one of the previous two vehicles had a gearbox fault and the cars had registered 141 000km and 106 000km respectively.

The new cars were purchased in terms of the Ministerial Handbook rules.

A reply to another question, showed the police department had spent R1.3-million on replacement vehicles for Minister Nathi Mthethwa — two BMW X5s.

Extras included reverse cameras, navigation system, and sport suspension, coming to about R200 000.

In his reply, Mthethwa said the two previous vehicles — a BMW X5, 2003 model and an Audi A8 2006 model, were both "mechanical[ly] unsound".

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