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President Cyril Ramaphosa has given Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula 48 hours to explain why he shared a flight with the ANC delegation.
ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule at the post-NEC press conference on July 30, 2019, at Luthuli House. Image: Kayleen Morgan / EWN
CAPE TOWN / JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa intervened in an investigation into the alleged misuse of public resources by senior government officials who used a defense force aircraft to fly to Zimbabwe.
A high-ranking delegation consisting of Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule flew to Harare in a state-owned plane at the expense of taxpayers.
The president has given Mapisa-Nqakula 48 hours to explain why he shared a flight with the delegation.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) called on Ramaphosa to make an urgent public statement on how the ruling party illegally profited from a state plane he runs.
The opposition party said it was “a blatant confusion of state and party lines and an abuse of the state machinery”, amounting to a robbery of South Africans by the ANC.
In a statement, President Ramaphosa said that he had noticed the public discussion surrounding the Harare flight, and said it was an indication of the country’s vigilance against allegations of misuse of public resources.
Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula reportedly had permission from Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula to travel to Zimbabwe to meet with her counterpart and discuss defense-related issues in the region following a recent SADC summit.
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