PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – MARCH 5: A helicopter flies around Menlyn Park on March 5, 2013, in Pretoria, South Africa. Six to eight armed men robbed NWJ in Menlyn Park shopping centre. One shot was fired as they fled the scene, but there were no injuries. Police searched the area for the suspects. (Photo by Gallo Images / Foto24
Northern Cape commissioner allegedly used a police helicopter to go to breakfast
Ah, to have state resources at your disposal to escort you for a spot of breakfast.
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – MARCH 5: A helicopter flies around Menlyn Park on March 5, 2013, in Pretoria, South Africa. Six to eight armed men robbed NWJ in Menlyn Park shopping centre. One shot was fired as they fled the scene, but there were no injuries. Police searched the area for the suspects. (Photo by Gallo Images / Foto24
We’re all fond of Wimpy, it’s a South African classic… even if prices have gotten a bit pricier over the years, it’s one of those places that has a special place in every South African’s heart.
But no matter how keen you are on your greasy breakfast, you’ve got nothing on this civil servant.
Northern Cape commissioner, Risimati Shivuri, is so keen on his Wimpy nosh that he used state resources to go for a bit of breakfast. The distance of the trip was a mere 4km. He also reportedly used the helicopter to make a 30km trip to the Gariep Dam to collect a jacket he had forgotten. Must be nice.
He also reportedly used the helicopter to make a 30km trip to the Gariep Dam to collect a jacket he had forgotten. Must be nice.
This all was reported in this weekend’s Sunday Times, with the Democratic Alliance calling for an investigation.
The police did not even deny the claim that Shivuri used the helicopter, but they did say it was used for “crime prevention”.
Northern Cape police spokesman Brigadier Mohale Ramatseba told the Sunday Times: “The chopper is used in crime-prevention operations and, in this case, it was not different as commissioner Shivuri was assigned to it in order to reach different places on time and it also gave an advantage to patrolling the area at large.”
Sjoe, guys. A for effort in levels of spin. The scriptwriters from the Thick of it would be proud.
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The DA claims that the flights cost the taxpayers around R7500. Now, that’s small fry compared to some of the other cash wasted, but it’s the principal of the matter, no?
No word on what the Wimpy bill came to…
