Dlamini-Zuma gets blue light perks based on ‘threat and security assessment’
During her tenure as AU chairperson, Dlamini-Zuma was given presidential protection services‚ usually extended to serving president‚ deputy president and former presidents
Presidential contender Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is still receiving taxpayer-funded special VIP protection despite government saying earlier this month that she would have to sacrifice this perk when her term ended as African Union chairperson.This is because of threats against her‚ the South African Police Service said on Friday. “Dr Dlamini-Zuma continues to receive protection from the Presidential Protection Unit (PPU) of the South African Police Service‚ fully in accordance with their mandate and prescripts‚ informed by a threat and security assessment‚” the SAPS said in a statement. The Sunday Times reported on April 2 that Dlamini-Zuma‚ an ex-Cabinet minister and former wife of President Jacob Zuma‚ had recently visited Luthuli House with a three-car blue-light escort and an armed security detail‚ a courtesy extended to her by the Department of International Relations and Co-operation‚ that was meant to expire on March 31. Dlamini-Zuma returned from Addis Ababa on March 15 after ...
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