Dlodlo admits Dubai stay was funded, but denies that Guptas paid the bill
The Communications Minister said her hotel stay was instead paid for by Fana Hlongwane, who has been implicated in the arms deal allegations
Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo admitted on Thursday that she failed to declare to Parliament that her stay at a luxurious Dubai hotel was paid for her. However, she said the bill was not paid by the Gupta family or their company Sahara Computers as alleged, but by Fana Hlongwane who has been implicated in the arms deal allegations. Dlodlo was questioned about the allegations during a post-Cabinet media briefing. She said she would deal with the issue of the hotel costs when she appeared before Parliament’s joint committee on ethics and members’ interests. The allegation that Dlodlo failed to declare her stay at the hotel in the 2015 register of members’ interests was made in leaked e-mails linking key government ministers and officials to the Gupta family. The DA has reported the failure to declare the benefit to the ethics committee. DA communications spokeswoman Phumzile van Damme said Dlodlo had failed to declare her 2015 trip to Dubai and her stay at the luxurious Oberoi ...
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