President has set a precedent and should stay on SAA, says DA
Jacob Zuma has shown he can use SAA for long-haul flights, so he should save SA the R273,972 a day it will spend leasing a jet for him, the party’s Kobus Marais says
NOW that President Jacob Zuma has shown he can do it‚ the DA has encouraged the leader to keep using South African Airways (SAA) "for the occasional long-haul intercontinental flight".Using the national carrier‚ the party’s Kobus Marais said on Wednesday‚ "will free up millions which can be redirected towards much-needed job creation".It would display Zuma’s "seriousness [about] economic stability by opting for modest modes of transportation"‚ he said.Zuma used SAA to fly to and from last week’s United Nations General Assembly in New York.Marais said this would also allow for funds to "be reallocated to maintaining Inkwazi and other jets in the South African Air Force (SAAF)".He made his comments after an oversight visit to the SAAF‚ which revealed that‚ apart from the "routine maintenance repair of snags"‚ there was "nothing wrong with … Inkwazi".In fact‚ Marais said, the "chief of the SAAF‚ Lt-Gen Fabian Msimang‚ has expressed pride in the reliability of among others Inkwazi‚ his ...
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