AG's investigation into Lindiwe Sisulu's Gulfstream jet flights is being obstructed by the DoD
2 September 2014
The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqaklua, will have to explain why for more than five months the defence department have not handed over documents to the Auditor-General concerning Lindiwe Sisulu's flights on ultra-luxury privately owned Gulfstream executive jets.
On 17 March 2014 I requested the Auditor-General, Mr Kimi Makwetu, to investigate the scandal surrounding the use of Gulfstream executive jets by the former Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Lindiwe Sisulu, including:
- how many flights and ferry flights were actually undertaken by the Minister; and
- whether in respect of each flight the applicable guidelines, set out in the Ministerial Handbook, relating to Chartered Air Services, were complied with by the Minister.
On 10 April 2014 the Auditor-General, Mr Kimi Makwetu, replied to my request as follows: