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The district attorney says the ANC is responsible for approximately R260,000 of the costs incurred when the upper limbs used an air force jet to travel to Zimbabwe.
DA shadow Defense Minister Kobus Marais says this is the cost of chartering an 18-seater private jet from Pretoria or Johannesburg to Harare, Zimbabwe, according to two independent companies that are experts in the field of travel. luxury.
“This amount, however, does not include the payment of landing rights, parking fees or on-board catering,” he said in a statement issued Wednesday.
He did not name the two companies.
Marais said that until the National Treasury, in the interests of accountability and transparency, has confirmed the full amount and explained how and when the ANC will return the money, the DA and the public can simply speculate.
He called on Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and the Treasury to break the silence on the matter.
“The reimbursement of this money by the ANC does not absolve the party in any way … We will continue with this matter until everyone involved is held accountable to the full extent of the law,” Marais said.
Last week, the ANC pledged to reimburse the government for costs incurred during its controversial use of the plane on a partisan political mission to Zimbabwe this month, following a public backlash.
According to defense spokesman Siphiwe Dlamini, Minister of Defense Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, who was on an official trip to Zimbabwe, took an ANC delegation led by the party’s general secretary, Ace Magashule, on the state-owned plane.
The ANC delegation went to Zimbabwe to meet with their Zanu-PF counterparts in Harare on the tensions in that country.
“In our quest to accomplish this mission, we travel in unusual ways and lavishly humble ourselves where we went wrong during lockdown. We will reimburse the government for costs incurred on behalf of our delegation. Our delegation is in quarantine according to the closure regulations, ”Magashule said after the public outcry.
