Guptagate decision due

The fate of four SA National Defence Force (SANDF) officials implicated in the Guptagate scandal is expected to be revealed on Tuesday.

 

Colonel Nomsa Khumalo, Lt-Col Christo Van Zyl, Lt-Col Christine Anderson, and Warrant Officer Thabo Ntshisi will appear in the military court at the Thaba Tshwane military base in Pretoria.

 

They have been charged with contravening various sections of the military defence code (MDC).

 

The charges relate to the landing of a private aircraft at the Waterkloof Air Force Base.

 

A chartered commercial aircraft, Jet Airways flight JAI 9900 from India, ferrying more than 200 guests to the wedding of Vega Gupta and Indian-born Aakash Jahajgarhia, landed at the base in April.

 

The passengers were then transported, either by light aircraft, helicopter or in police-escorted vehicles, to the ceremony at Sun City's Palace of the Lost City in North West.

 

The landing sparked widespread criticism and several investigations were launched. A government investigation exonerated President Jacob Zuma and his ministers, and found that the landing was the result of "collusion by officials".

 

-Sapa