South African President Spotted in Economy Class

PLEASE do not be fooled by this marketing ploy. Ramaphosa just replaced Zuma as president after Zuma was fired. There is a huge jostle for votes as next year we are voting again. About a week later Zuma was doing the exact same thing. "Purely by coincidence" a newspaper photographer was on the same flight.

These are all political games here in South Africa where politicians are trying to win the votes.

I promise you, this is not the norm.

President Nixon did the same thing in late 1973 during the first oil crisis, IAD-LAX flight on a UA DC10. Just a publicity stunt, really.

www.nytimes.com/1973/12/28/archives/nixon-feels-flizht-to-coast-on-commercial-plane-scored-points-with.html

Tell Justin Trudeau about this !!!

Good for him

It is possible that since the government is broke that the airline refused to give him a free seat in the better classes

If all world leaders can do this, man kind would reach a new level of mutual understanding...
Of course, it is just a utopian thought. The only other president I think ever done that was the president of Switzerland

Most politicians should be in the hold in dog boxes

Pruitt the EPA guy wouldn't like that one bit.