DEPUTY President David Mabuza paid for his own flights and costs for his recent Russian medical treatment, according to his spokesperson Matshepo Seedat.
Seedat was responding to a written parliamentary question posed by the DA about the “”the Deputy President’s leave period for a scheduled medical consultation in the Russian Federation”.
“On the specific matter of the cost of the Deputy President’s flights and medical costs to the Russian Federation, the response informed the official opposition that transport used was a commercial flight paid for at Deputy President’s own personal cost, including for medical costs,” said Seedat.
“The only costs incurred by The Presidency related to the Private Secretary who accompanied the Deputy President as per requirement.”
She said Parliament was also reminded that the Deputy President like any other South African is entitled to choose his preferred medical practitioner.
“In the recent past in Parliament, the Deputy President took South Africans into confidence about him taking ill and how he ended-up receiving life-saving treatment from doctors in the Russian Federation,” she said.
“The Deputy President is fully competent to execute his responsibilities as delegated by the President.”
- Inside Politics
