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Original Post Date: 2002-11-26 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 11/26/2002 4:41:50 PM
President Mbeki"s R700m jet arrives in dead of night
South African taxpayers had to fork out almost R700-million for the new presidential jet, but the Department of Defence played cloak and dagger with its latest acquisition on Monday, landing it under cover of darkness at Air Force Base Waterkloof.
The Boeing Business Jet, which had been expected in the country in December last year, then in September, touched down about midnight on Monday night.
Initially the minister of defence’s spokesperson, Sam Mkhwanazi, described the arrival of the plane as a “non-event”, saying it would be revealed at a function in four weeks’ time, but after intense pressure from the media and political parties he said arrangements were being made to see if it could be photographed earlier.
‘It’s sheer extravagance’
He did not want to give an exact arrival time and defence personnel were ordered not to give out any information about the aircraft.
Earlier in the day the Democratic Alliance was denied the right to protest outside the air force base gates.
In a statement, DA MP Nick Clelland-Stokes called the new plane “a symbol of presidential power and ego”.
He pointed out that the aircraft now used by the president and cabinet, a Falcon 900, could fly anywhere in Africa and that one-off charters could be used for longer flights.
“It’s sheer extravagance and will be an icon of the president and his ANC elite juxtaposed against the reality of the South African people,” he said.
Date: October 21 2002 at 09:51PM
By Louis Oelofse
Source: Independant Online
URL: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=13&click_id…br>