AFRIFORUM has laid a complaint with the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane asking her to probe the possible abuse of state resources after a delegation of ANC heavyweights used a South African National Defence Force Airforce jet for a bilateral engagement with Zanu-PF in Harare, Zimbabwe, earlier this week.
The delegation included ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule, the party’s national chairperson Gwede Mantashe, Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu and Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, as well as five of the ANC NEC who were scheduled to meet with ZANU-PF central committee.
AfriForum says its legal representatives have also written to Dr Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperative Government, as well as to Mapisa-Ngakula, who was part of the visit, requesting them to explain whether the Air Force plane had been used lawfully.
According to Monique Taute, Head of AfriForum’s Anti-Corruption Unit, Section 80(3) of
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