South Africa
South Africa’s presidency shared pictures of president Jacob Zuma and one of his wives flying on a commercial flight of the state owned South Africa Airways (SAA).
The president flew with SAA to the just ended United Nations General Assembly and returned on board the national carrier.
The president has come under fire recently over issues related to spending of public funds. The most famous case being the directive by a court that he (Zuma) repays monies in respect of non-security upgrades to his private home.
President Zuma and Mrs Bongi Zuma aboard flight SA 204. The President returned from a working visit to attend UNGA 71. pic.twitter.com/D5RPfpZf5C
— PresidencyZA (@PresidencyZA) September 23, 2016
It was recently announced by the presidency that Zuma had contracted a loan from a bank to pay over half a million dollar back into the state kitty.
Local news portal, News24 website, quoted a senior staff from SAA as saying that President Jacob Zuma is a humble passenger who does not make a fuss.
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