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On Saturday night, Ramaphosa – who had ordered Mapisa-Nwakula to submit a report on what happened – announced the reprimand for the minister, as well as the withdrawal of her salary, instructing her to ensure that the ANC reimburses the state for the travel. .
“President Ramaphosa has issued a formal reprimand to Defense Minister and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula for taking a delegation from the African National Congress (ANC) to Zimbabwe on a South African Air Force (SAAF) plane.
“The president has also sanctioned the minister by imposing a salary sacrifice on the minister’s salary for three months, starting on November 1, 2020. Her salary for the three months must be paid into the Solidarity Fund, which was established to support the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
“The president also ordered the minister to ensure that the ANC reimburses the state for the costs of the flight to Harare and to inform it once it has been done,” the statement read.
He said that while Mapisa-Nqakula was on an official trip to Zimbabwe on September 8, and was given permission to make the trip using the South African Air Force plane, it was a “mistake in judgment to use the plane to broadcast a policy – party delegation “.
“The president said that this misjudgment was not in accordance with the responsibilities of a cabinet minister,” said Ramaphosa spokesman Tyrone Seale.
Ramaphosa discovered that Mapisa-Nqakula:
- did not “act … in the best interest of good governance” as required by the Executive Membership Code;
- did not comply with the legal requirements that justify care in the use of state resources; Y
- acted “in a way that is inconsistent with [her] position ”as required by the Code.
“The sanction imposed on the minister demonstrated the seriousness with which the president viewed the minister’s error in judgment, given her high position in government,” the statement read.
