His Excellency President M.C. Ramaphosa on the 03 September 2021 during his oral reply, stated that the “…whenever the President or the Deputy President goes, at any given time, the transportation is the responsibility underline of the government. When they fly it is the responsibility of the Airforce…”
The Honourable Member is invited to listen to the recording of the President again.
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The VVIP unit of the SAAF did not task or undertake any flights for the Deputy President to Russia from 01 January 2020 to date. The unit and the Department is not privy to any arrangements the Deputy President may or may not have made regarding his travel to Russia. Arrangements for flights are only made through the Office of the President or the Deputy President. We have no record of such request and therefore did not make any arrangement.
The Department is unable to comment on question number 2 and 3.
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