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The SA Air Force has slapped the ANC with a bill of R105,000 for the controversial promotion obtained by the party ofDefense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to Zimbabwe this month.
The figure is contained in documents that President Cyril Ramaphosa released on Wednesday, something he said he did in the interest of “transparency.”
Documents Mapisa-Nqakula presented to Ramaphosa show that the one-day trip to Zimbabwe in September, in which he offered to “transport” an ANC delegation to Harare on a partisan political mission on the plane, cost the taxpayer $ 32,000. total.
The ANC is now responsible for settling R105,000 from the bill for the transportation of its seven-member delegation, while the balance will be treated as normal costs incurred to bring the defense minister and her support staff to a meeting with his Zimbabwean counterpart.
In his report to Ramaphosa and in an affidavit to the public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Mapisa-Nqakula said that “in hindsight” he should not have offered to bring an ANC delegation.
On Saturday night, Ramaphosa issued an official reprimand to the minister and cut his salary for three months.
