21 days later and still no reply from Zuma on “Nkandla Air”
4 July 2016
On 13 June, I wrote to President Zuma, calling on him as Head of State to reverse his government’s decision to procure a new luxury Presidential Jet, estimated to cost the people of South Africa an enormous R4 billion.
21 days later, and I have yet to receive any response whatseover, showing a complete lack of leadership and accountability from President Zuma and the ANC. More than this, it indicates a lack of care by President Zuma for poor, unemployed and marginalised South Africans.
President Zuma cannot remain silent on this matter anymore. He must come out an denounce this planned procurement.
Our stance on a new jet is simple: there is no need for a new jet – either leased or purchased – while the current Presidential Jet, Inkwazi, remains, in terms of aircraft standards, relatively new.