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‘We took the most inexpensive flight’– federal government invested R1.4 m to deport Bester and Magudumana

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Apr 19, 2023

“We asked any business that might offer us an aeroplane that might bring 14 individuals and would have the ability to get landing rights and documents without aid from the state in less than 24 hours, since South Africans aspired to understand whether this deportation was occurring. “There were business who reacted [and] the one we took was the most inexpensive at R1.4 m.” The Dassault Falcon 900B airplane was chartered from Zenith Air by the National Airways Corporation (NAC), which, according to National Treasury files seen by TimesLIVE, is an accepted federal government airline company charter company. “We never ever asked anybody for a high-end flight, as everyone is stating,” he stated. “The Tanzanian [officials] stated under no conditions do they wish to be blamed or implicated of performance, so they could not hand Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana over to the army or the cops and they could not utilize their transportation modes; that’s why they firmly insisted house affairs discover the mode of transportation.” Authorities minister Bheki Cele stated this became part of settlements with Tanzanian authorities. He stated the settlement group that left on April 9 encouraged the Tanzanians would be more comfy utilizing a personal airplane. “So we needed to regard that,” Cele stated.

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