Now that everyone has left and the dust is attemptting to settle, it is interesting to know that one of the crew on the controversial Gupta plane that landed in Waterkloof, is missing. The Mail & Guardian have penned this highly entertaining article:

The Mail & Guardian pokes fun at the highly entertaining details found in the Gupta report, which has finally made its way into public domain. Be sure to read their article Guptagate report: Highlights and curious details – The full report into the Waterkloof Air Base landing of a Gupta plane answers very few questions, but provides much entertaining detail on events.

My favourite part, towards the end, is this little chestnut:

Why were no customs officials at Waterkloof to screen around 200 guests who arrived on the plane? Because the air force had sent a fax notification to the private fax-to-e-mail number of a South African Revenue Service (Sars) employee who had left that organisation more than a year before. That employee, it turns out, had been kept abreast of the arrival of VIP flights at Waterkloof for all that time.

A similarly comical security breach occurred at the airport itself, when an “unvetted” company was given access to decorate the arrivals hall. There is no indication that this party company made off with munitions as it packed up the ribbons.

Then there is the fate of one member of the airplane crew, who passed through Waterkloof, but never flew back to India. He or she is presumed still at large in South Africa, in what could, conceivably, be one of the most entertaining hangover wakeup stories of all time.

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Pure farce.