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Gravy plane

Arabic translation: إستغلال شخصي للرحلات

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English term or phrase:	Gravy plane
Arabic translation:	إستغلال شخصي للرحلات
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14:45 Dec 17, 2006

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English term or phrase: Gravy plane

A new "gravy plane" storm has broken with Mosiuoa Lekota, the defence minister, criticising the R4.55 million spent on a charter flight to take cabinet colleague Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to Britain.

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إستغلال شخصي للرحلات

Explanation:
أو فضيحة استغلال الرحلات بشكل غير قانوني

gravy plane term is similar to "gravy train" which refers to a depraved gorging on luxuries, since someone else foots the bill

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravy_train

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