'No gap' during Cyril's holiday

MAURITIUS: TRIP ‘FUNDED PRIVATELY, ABOVE BOARD' »» Mantashe held reins as president took family break - spokesperson.

- Faizel Patel

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s brief breakaway to Mauritius was “no secret” and Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe was in charge of the country while the president was away, says the Presidency.

There were questions after the president, together with his support team, went to the island over the Christmas period to unwind.

According to a report, Ramaphosa’s holiday to Mauritius on board a South African Air Force Beechcraft King was kept secret, and no acting president was appointed in his place while he was out of the country.