Former DIRCO DG Tells Zondo Commission He Learnt Of Gupta Waterkloof Landing Through Media

Riyaz Patel

Former International Relations Director-General Jerry Matjila said he only became aware of the Guptas’ privately chartered aircraft landing at Waterkloof Air Force Base through the media and not via internal channels.

Matjila is on the stand at the Commission of Enquiry into State Capture which is focusing on the details surrounding the controversial landing in 2013.

The Gupta family had chartered a Jet Airways plane to ferry several hundred guests to South Africa to attend a wedding at Sun City.

Matjila was asked when he first became aware of any plans for a private aircraft to and at the airforce base.

“It was after the arrival of the aircraft. I became aware through the news and social media. I was not in the picture.”