South Africa: Call for deputy president to repay cost of UAE trip

President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka should repay the cost of her controversial holiday to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said Grahamstown-based corruption watchdog the Public Services Accountability Monitor (PSAM). Mlambo-Ngcuka is in breach of the Executive Members' Ethics Act and should be held responsible for the amount - ranging from R400000 to R700000 - used for her private holiday, said PSAM director Colm Allen. "You have to ask: if she was not in her position of deputy president, would she have been able to make use of such transport facilities for a holiday for herself and her family and friends?" said Allen.