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JOHANNESBURG – The chest of the ANC is a little lighter. You have paid the money you owed to SANDF.
This for using a jet to transport senior members to Zimbabwe.
A report on the trip has been released and President Cyril Ramaphosa has reprimanded Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
Two reports on the trip have been made public and the ANC has paid over R 100,000 for the trip.
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According to a press release issued by the Presidency, Ramaphosa was not in Gauteng when Mapisa-Nqakula submitted his application, but he verbally approved the trip on September 8 and signed the application when he returned to the province.
On September 10, the Presidency confirmed in writing to the minister that the president had approved her trip.
Mapisa-Nqakula has been officially reprimanded by Ramaphosa and her three-month pay will be taken from her starting in November.
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His salary will go into the Solidarity Fund established to support the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Democratic Alliance responded to the release of the reports with further questions about what they call “irregularities exposed” by the report, including why the minister did not obtain permission from the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Transportation.
According to the press release of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, “according to Article 80 (3) of the Defense Law, the Minister can only authorize the use of military aircraft for anyone other than a State employee after consulting with the Minister of Defense. Finance”.
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In the supplemental report explaining the events of the trip, Mapisa-Nqakula stated:
“Regarding the transport of additional people on the same plane, I am not aware of any prohibition to make such or specific permission that must be requested, since it is a common fact in the use of SAAF aircraft to facilitate the transport of businesses. People or similar if they all travel in the same direction as the flight that is used for official government purposes. “
According to the report, the total cost of the flight amounted to R232,200 and the ANC delegation reimbursed the national coffers R105,545.46.
