The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Wednesday evening asked for clarity regarding the alleged use by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa of a Bombardier Aerospace jet‚ “owned by the Gupta family and Duduzane Zuma”.
The deputy president‚ accompanied by ministers and deputy ministers‚ was reported to have made use of the leased private plane for his trip to Japan last weekend.
“It has come to our attention that the Department of Defence‚ which is responsible for providing transport to both the president and deputy president‚ hired the Gupta jet through a state-managed contract with service provider ExecuJet.
In a statement‚ the EFF said the jet “is owned by Westdawn Investments‚ of which Duduzane Zuma is a co-owner.”
“As the EFF‚ we have as a matter of urgency written a question for written reply to both the minister of defence and the minister of finance‚ seeking clarity on whether proper procurement processes were followed in granting the contract to a company owned by the friends of the president and his son‚” EFF acting national spokesperson Lehlohonolo Fana Mokoena said.
“We call on state institutions guarding our democracy to investigate as a matter of urgency the hold that the Gupta family has over president Zuma‚ which allows them to treat our country and its coffers the way they do.” -RDM News Wire
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