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DA calls for list of national key points


 The Democratic Alliance has called on government to release the list of national key points.

This, after Justice Minister, Jeff Radebe revealed on Sunday that Waterkloof Airforce Base is not a national key point.

He released a report into the so-called Guptagate plane scandal, which cleared president Jacob Zuma and his cabinet of any involvement in granting permission for a private plane to land at a military base.

Now, in the wake of the report, DA MP, Dianne Kohler-Barnard, says government should release a full list of national key points, so that South Africans can know the truth.

"It is highly irregular that a major air force base would not be considered a National Key Point, while on the other hand President Zuma's private home in Nkandla, which is costing South Africans R206 million to upgrade, has been designated as such. It points to a selective and convenient use of the legislation in order to hide information which might embarrass the government. The fact that the Public Works Task Team report into the Nkandla upgrade won't be made public because of this piece of legislation points to its intentional abuse" she said.


She added that this cannot be tolerated. South Africans deserve to know what has been declared a National Key Point by the government to enable them to work out for themselves whether or not any further corruption scandals are being hidden behind its archaic secrecy clauses.