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South African defence minister’s pay docked over The use of air force plane

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Last updated: 2020/09/28 at 1:39 PM
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South Africa’s president has docked three months of the defense minister’s pay after she allowed governing party officials to fly on an air force plane to Zimbabwe with her on 9 September.

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was accused of misusing state resources for party political business. The defence force had argued she was on official business and had simply given the other passengers a lift.But President Cyril Ramaphosa called it an “error of judgement”.

Ms Mapisa-Nqakula had been travelling to Zimbabwe’s capital Harare for a scheduled meeting to discuss regional issues. The delegation from South Africa’s governing party – the African National Congress (ANC) – was meanwhile going there for crisis talks with Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party aimed at helping tackle the country’s political and economic woes.

But opposition politicians were extremely critical of the fact that she let the ANC delegation hitch a lift with her. Mr Ramaphosa, who in coming to power had pledged to clean up the ANC’s reputation after a decade of corruption scandals, said that by giving the ANC delegates a lift on the plane, she had not acted “in the best interest of good governance”.

As a result, he said he had decided to dock Ms Mapisa-Nqakula’s pay, with the money going to a fund to help fight coronavirus. In response, the opposition Democratic Alliance party said Mr. Ramaphosa had not gone far enough, characterizing the punishment as a slap on the wrist. The issue could be discussed further in parliament amid some calls for her to be sacked.

TAGGED: Air Force Plane, Defence Minister, South Africa
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