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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg – Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has a lot to answer for after UDM leader General Bantu Holomisa submitted another explosive dossier alleging that her expensive taste cost the taxpayer over R7-million on questionable chartered flights and luxury hotel accommodation.<\/p>\n

The dossier, submitted to the chairpersons of the parliamentary joint standing committee on defence last month, follows another letter to the same committee in which Holomisa alleged that Mapisa-Nqakula \u201cextorted\u201d more than R5-million from a South African National Defence service provider.<\/p>\n

In his new submission, Holomisa included alleged WhatsApp communications between the minister and the unnamed South African Defence Force service provider. He also submitted invoices that show that \u201cMapisa-Nqakula extensively travelled in 2019 which cost the taxpayer over R7-million\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to the letter, the trips and expenses include:<\/p>\n

* A R4-million chartered flight, in April 2019, from Waterkloof Air Force Base to Cairo in Egypt. The minister then strangely, returned home via King Shaka International Airport.<\/p>\n

* Mapisa-Nqakula took a solo five-day stay at the Marriot Essex House, which is a luxury hotel on Central Park in New York, in September 2019, which cost almost R400 000.<\/p>\n

* The minister stayed for six days, using the 50m2 Deluxe King Suite, at the Hotel Du Collectionneur Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France and her hotel bill, together with that of three departmental attach\u00e9s, ran to just over R200,000, with an Avis transport bill of almost R150 000.<\/p>\n

* She also chartered aircraft, this time to Angola, Guinea, Ghana and Togo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy would our Minister of Defence travel to Egypt, a country that is not quite on South Africa\u2019s political radar? If maybe for an arms deal, surely a representative of Denel or Armscor would have been a better travelling salesperson? One wonders whether the Egyptian doors, which the minister had allegedly demanded that the service provider finance for her Bruma home, had not been purchased on this trip?\u201d Holomisa asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is particularly astounding is that Minister Mapisa-Nqakula also used this charter for the kind of inland flights which I doubt even the President of this country does i.e. from Lanseria International Airport to Cape Town International Airport, on the first leg of the trip, and on the last leg of the trip, a most baffling flight from Waterkloof Air Force Base to Lanseria International Airport. The latter is a \u00b160 km trip by car. This merry jaunt cost the taxpayer just over R2,5-million.\u201d<\/p>\n

Holomisa added that \u201cthese WhatsApp conversations appear to corroborate, at the very least, that Mapisa-Nqakula had indeed asked the SANDF service provider under discussion for wigs at several points in time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to specifically draw your attention to the three extracts below, where you will notice the use of the traditional healers\u2019 lexicon and even the blatant reference to a payment in the 9 December 2018 chat. These alleged conversations between these two parties conclusively adds to the \u2018where there is smoke there is fire\u2019 argument in this entire debacle.\u201d<\/p>\n

The letter also adds that \u201cgiven these corroborative elements I have mentioned, I do believe that the committee had more information at its disposal that would justify its investigation of the allegations, not only the authenticity of the WhatsApp conversations themselves, but that there might be truth to the previous allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yesterday, the minister’s spokesperson, Siphiwe Dlamini, said Mapisa-Nqakula is ready to explain herself before the joint committee on defence \u201cshould she be required to appear and explain herself regarding the Honourable Holomisa’s allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe minister wants to reiterate the challenge put to Mr Holomisa a week ago that if he has evidence of extortion in his possession he must open a criminal case with the police or any law enforcement agency. It is strange that he continues with such allegations and yet has not found it necessary to go and report the matter to the law enforcement agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dlamini added that all of the minister’s travels abroad are reported yearly and contained in all Annual Reports of the Department, which is a public document and is deposited in Parliament and can be accessed by any member of the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no correlation between the minister\u2019s trips and the allegations Holomisa has made. The member is holding on to straws to justify his allegations and be sensational,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Holomisa said yesterday although he is tempted to open a corruption charge against Mapisa-Nqakula with the police, he will wait for the joint standing committee on defence to deal with the matter first.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will wait for the committee to deal with the matter first and probably take the outcome of their investigation when I eventually go and open a corruption case against the minister with the police.\u201d he said, adding that the saddest part was taxpayers were \u201csponsors of the minister\u2019s life of luxury.\u201d<\/p>\n

Holomisa said he hopes Mapisa-Nqakula will explain to the committee \u201chow she lives like a queen on taxpayers\u2019 dime.\u201d<\/p>\n

Holomisa added that he didn\u2019t write to President Cyril Ramaphosa because the minister\u2019s husband, Charles Nqakula, is the national security adviser for the president. Ramaphosa was forced to dock three months salary from the minister last year after she allowed ANC members including Secretary-General Ace Magashule to fly on a defence plane to Zimbabwe for a non-governmental meeting.<\/p>\n

After the Sunday Independent first published a story about Holomisa\u2019s first letter on April 4, the defence ministry issued a press statement the following day stating that the minister \u201ctakes note of the weekend reports about allegations as contained in a form of a letter written by Holomisa to the Co-Chairpersons of the Joint Standing Committee on defence.\u201d<\/p>\n

But instead of answering any of the allegations contained in the letter, the statement said: \u201cIt is the minister\u2019s view that such allegations as serious should be reported to any law enforcement agencies including the National Prosecution Authority (NPA).<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore, the minister challenges the author of the letter in the name of Holomisa which has been circulated to various media to open a case with the law enforcement agencies and bring evidence to allow the matter to be ventilated in a court of law. Therefore, Holomisa must have the resolve to report the matter to the police or any other agency if he believes in what he has written in his letter and the information at his disposal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sunday Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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