Tag: Inkwazi
Ramaphosa’s VIP jet grounded following Cape Town mishap
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) will be out of action for some time following a hangar incident in Cape Town that damaged...
Dlamini defends Presidential charter flight
The Department of Defence (DoD), in the form of its Head of Communication (HoC), came out with verbal guns blazing to defend a chartered...
Ramaphosa takes 10 Cabinet Ministers to AU Summit aboard Inkwazi
President Cyril Ramaphosa does not appear to share the reluctance of his predecessor when it comes to using the official presidential aircraft – he...
Inkwazi flying again
President Cyril Ramaphosa had to wait 10 months before he could make use of the South African Air Force's presidential aircraft for...
More SAAF VIP flight headaches
The South African Air Force has reportedly used up its VIP flight budget for the current financial year but has to find...
Questions about SAAF VVIP aircraft posed during oversight visit
SA Air Force (SAAF) Chief, Lieutenant General Zakes Msimang, is proud of the reliability of the Presidential Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) Inkwazi...
Revamped SAA Airbus A340-600 to become new presidential aircraft?
President Jacob Zuma's flight to New York aboard an SAA jet last Friday is proof positive South Africa does not need to...
Zuma and Ramaphosa want to fly SAAF – Presidency
The Presidency has entered the fray around the apparent non-use of Inkwazi by South Africa's first citizen saying President Jacob Zuma would...
Defence Minister adamant a VVIP aircraft will be leased
Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, is adamant the SA Air Force (SAAF) will acquire a new VVIP aircraft and until...
Inkwazi maintenance and servicing records now being sought from ExecuJet
Not happy with the slow pace of response from Parliamentary authorities regarding its Promotion of Access to Information (PAIA) request for maintenance...
Zuma to fly to France in another bizjet shadowed by Inkwazi
When President Jacob Zuma and his entourage take off for France next month it will be aboard the latest 21 Squadron acquisition...
DA goes PAIA route for information on Inkwazi
Unhappy about the lack of information supplied in answers by the Defence and Military Veterans Minister as well as the evasiveness shown...
SAAF mission and training flying hours cut in favour of VVIP...
Opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party shadow defence and military veterans minister Kobus Marais says the increase in VIP flying hours allocated to...
New VVIP aircraft still on government shopping list
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is insistent a new VVIP aircraft will be acquired for the SA Air Force (SAAF)...
Inkwazi could have brought Zuma home from Burundi – claim
There was nothing major wrong with the presidential jet Inkwazi when it was announced last month President Jacob Zuma had been left...
More questions around Inkwazi grounding
With President Jacob Zuma back from his latest foreign policy endeavour in strife-torn Burundi, questions are again being asked about the Presidential...
Another ‘technical problem’ for Inkwazi
The issue of acquiring another VIP aircraft has again come to the fore following a technical problem that kept the Presidential BBJ...
Mapisa-Nqakula will not make public presidential flight cost details
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has refused to give Parliament details of presidential flights involving the South African Air Force...
The Presidential “flying circus”
An already financially stressed SA Air Force (SAAF) is going to have to find an extra R2 million in the wake of...
More VIP aircraft for 21 Squadron
Indications are the SA Air Force (SAAF) will have at least three more VIP aircraft in service at 21 Squadron before year-end...
Military aircraft acquisitions – multi-mission must be the motivation
Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, last month reminded South Africans she had made an undertaking to acquire a new VIP...
Mapisa-Nqakula on New York Presidential charter flight
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula took time off her schedule during this week's UN General Assembly to explain the use...
SAAF funds shortage could impact on Presidential flying
The sad financial state of the SA Air Force (SAAF) could impact on future air travel by President Jacob Zuma and other...
UAE orders Agrab mortar systems, SA could benefit
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces has awarded the International Golden Group (IGG) an 786 million dirham (US$213.97 million) contract for...
