South Africa's president has reprimanded defence minister
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and docked her pay for three months for taking a
delegation to Zimbabwe on an air force plane, his office said.
The opposition Democratic Alliance had accused
Mapisa-Nqakula of misusing state resources by letting the group from the ruling
African National Congress (ANC) travel with her to Harare in September.
The presidency said late on Saturday Mapisa-Nqakula had
been on an official trip. But her decision to let the delegation - who were
travelling to Zimbabwe on unrelated business - join her on the flight had been
an "error of judgement".
It said President Cyril Ramaphosa had told Mapisa-Nqakula
in a letter that this was not in keeping with her responsibilities as a cabinet
minister. The minister had been given a formal reprimand, a "salary
sacrifice" had been imposed on her for three months from November 1 and
she would have to make sure the ANC reimbursed the state for the costs of the
flight, the presidency added.
A defence ministry spokesman did not immediately respond to
requests for comment from the minister. Mapisa-Nqakula herself did not
immediately respond to a message sent on LinkedIn.
Ramaphosa has pledged to clean up the ANC's reputation
after a decade of scandals under his predecessor Jacob Zuma. Sowetan
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