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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO: 79(NW87E)
PUBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO: 1-2014 OF 17 JUNE 2014
Mrs A M Dreyer (DA) to ask the Minister of International Relations and
Cooperation:
(1) How many (a) international and (b) domestic flights were undertaken
by (i) her and (ii) her predecessors using (aa) aircraft operated by
the military, (bb) aircraft chartered by the military or (cc)
commercial aircraft during the period 1 April 2013 up to the latest
specified date for which information is available;
(2) in respect of each specified flight, what was the (a) (i) date and
(ii) place of (aaa) departure and (bbb) arrival and (b)(i) total cost
and (ii) breakdown of such costs?
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REPLY:
1. The Minister has undertaken 33 international visits and 3 domestic
destinations in the period in question(a) No domestic and
international flight were undertaken by the Minister with an
aircraft operated or chartered by the Military at any time during
the period in question(b)(i)(ii). Various visits were undertaken by
the Minister using commercial flights and in some instances a
country was visited more than once in this period as from 01 April
2013 until 31 May 2014 including domestic travel to 3 provinces
(cc)
2. The Minister undertook visits from South Africa to the various
destinations for official engagements (a) In total domestic and
International visits amounted to R 2 372Â 571 for the period
specified(b)(i). A breakdown of costs and dates is appended as
annexes (A and B) (b) (ii).
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