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"contents": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe, former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana and former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama – all of whom have been implicated in the Zondo Commission of inquiry or faced fraud and corruption charged relating to the state-owned enterprises they once led – were sworn in as MPs this afternoon.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2338132\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Brian-Molefe-1571-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1780\" /> Mzwanele Manyi and Brian Molefe are amongst the new members sworn in as members of Parliament today. 28 July 2024. (Photo : Phando Jikelo/Parliament of SA)</p>\r\n\r\nMolefe has been embroiled in various court cases, and is charged with contravention of the Public Finance Management Act and fraud involving R398.4 million. A trial date is due to be set on 1 October.\r\n\r\nGama was arrested in <a href=\"https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2022-05-27-former-transnet-boss-siyabonga-gama-appears-in-court/\">2022 facing charges</a> of corruption and money laundering along with three other former Transnet executives.\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-06-23-chief-justice-calls-for-special-commission-to-investigate-prasas-implosion/\">Zondo Commission of inquiry</a> found that Montana was instrumental in determining which service providers would receive major tenders during the state capture era at Prasa. He in turn accused the inquiry of becoming a '<a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-07-03-lucky-montana-questions-zondo-on-bias-during-this-weeks-prasa-testimony-before-state-capture-commission/\">witch hunt</a>'. He has not been charged.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday, a total of eight people belonging to the uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party were sworn in, and two from the EFF. </span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2338136\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Nazeer-Paulsen-_2052-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1541\" /> Nazeer Paulsen and Sinawo Tambo are amongst the new members sworn in as members of Parliament, 28 July 2024.(Photo : Phando Jikelo/Parliament of SA)</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Maverick reported at the beginning of the month that MK party removed 15 MPs to make way for the likes of Molefe. </span>\r\n\r\n<b>Read more:</b> <a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-08-08-zumas-mk-party-ousts-15-mps-sparking-allegations-of-cronyism/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zuma’s MK party ousts 15 MPs in rapid shake-up, sparking allegations of cronyism</span></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The axed MPs </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have approached the Western Cape Division of the High Court, seeking to reverse their recent expulsions from Parliament. Some of them left their jobs to join the MK party, and now their lives have been negatively affected. </span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2338126\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/New-Members-2001-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"28 July 2024Siyabonga Gama,Brian Molefe,Thulani Gamede and Mzwanele Manyi\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1280\" /> Siyabonga Gama, Brian Molefe, Thulani Gamede and Mzwanele Manyi , with Nazeer Paulsen (seated) were sworn in as members of Parliament, 28 July 2024. (Photo: Phando Jikelo/Parliament of SA)</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The case will be back in court on Tuesday next week. </span>\r\n\r\n<b>Read more:</b> <a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-08-21-fired-mk-mps-appeal-to-court-to-reverse-orchestrated-expulsion/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fired MK party MPs appeal to court to reverse ‘orchestrated’ expulsion</span></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new MK party MPs also include Mzwanele Jimmy Manyi, who is returning to the National Assembly after he ditched the EFF seat for the MK party, Thembisile Mjadu, Nompumelelo Gasa, Gezani Kobane and Thulani Gamede. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Floyd Shivambu, who recently joined the MK party from the EFF, is not included in the list. The MK party still has seven unfilled seats as it removed 15 MPs. </span>\r\n\r\n<b>Read more:</b> <a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-08-22-shivambu-gets-key-role-as-national-organiser-mk-party-announces-national-high-command/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shivambu gets key role as national organiser – MK party announces National High Command</span></a>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Comrades who will be sworn in <a href=\"https://twitter.com/ParliamentofRSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ParliamentofRSA</a> today on behalf of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/MkhontoweSizwex?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MkhontoweSizwex</a> are a clear and emphantic demonstration that the Movement( MKP) is serious about an alternate revolutionary government and quality public representation. Best wishes Comrades BM, SG, LM, MM,… <a href=\"https://t.co/my64CiHYGD\">pic.twitter.com/my64CiHYGD</a></p>\r\n— Floyd Shivambu (@FloydShivambu) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/FloydShivambu/status/1828722753454620802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2024</a></blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two new EFF MPs are also not new in the house. Sinawo Thambo, who replaces Shivambu, was an MP in the previous administration but did not return as the EFF lost votes. Nazier Paulsen, who replaces Manyi, is a senior EFF member who also did not return as the EFF was </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reduced in numbers by five MPs after a drop in votes between the 2019 and 2024 elections.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n<h4><b>Molefe returns</b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Molefe, while at Eskom, was also linked to the politically connected Gupta family in the public protector’s State of Capture report. It listed 19 phone calls between August and November 2015 to the Gupta family’s Saxonwold, Johannesburg, home plus another 58 phone calls to a Gupta business associate from August 2015 to March 2016. This contact came at a time when the Guptas’ Tegeta Exploration and Resources company was acquiring the Optimum coal mine. 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"description": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe, former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana and former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama – all of whom have been implicated in the Zondo Commission of inquiry or faced fraud and corruption charged relating to the state-owned enterprises they once led – were sworn in as MPs this afternoon.</span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2338132\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2338132\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Brian-Molefe-1571-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1780\" /> Mzwanele Manyi and Brian Molefe are amongst the new members sworn in as members of Parliament today. 28 July 2024. (Photo : Phando Jikelo/Parliament of SA)[/caption]\r\n\r\nMolefe has been embroiled in various court cases, and is charged with contravention of the Public Finance Management Act and fraud involving R398.4 million. 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He has not been charged.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday, a total of eight people belonging to the uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party were sworn in, and two from the EFF. </span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2338136\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2338136\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Nazeer-Paulsen-_2052-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1541\" /> Nazeer Paulsen and Sinawo Tambo are amongst the new members sworn in as members of Parliament, 28 July 2024.(Photo : Phando Jikelo/Parliament of SA)[/caption]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Maverick reported at the beginning of the month that MK party removed 15 MPs to make way for the likes of Molefe. </span>\r\n\r\n<b>Read more:</b> <a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-08-08-zumas-mk-party-ousts-15-mps-sparking-allegations-of-cronyism/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zuma’s MK party ousts 15 MPs in rapid shake-up, sparking allegations of cronyism</span></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The axed MPs </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have approached the Western Cape Division of the High Court, seeking to reverse their recent expulsions from Parliament. 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The MK party still has seven unfilled seats as it removed 15 MPs. </span>\r\n\r\n<b>Read more:</b> <a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-08-22-shivambu-gets-key-role-as-national-organiser-mk-party-announces-national-high-command/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shivambu gets key role as national organiser – MK party announces National High Command</span></a>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Comrades who will be sworn in <a href=\"https://twitter.com/ParliamentofRSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ParliamentofRSA</a> today on behalf of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/MkhontoweSizwex?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MkhontoweSizwex</a> are a clear and emphantic demonstration that the Movement( MKP) is serious about an alternate revolutionary government and quality public representation. Best wishes Comrades BM, SG, LM, MM,… <a href=\"https://t.co/my64CiHYGD\">pic.twitter.com/my64CiHYGD</a></p>\r\n— Floyd Shivambu (@FloydShivambu) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/FloydShivambu/status/1828722753454620802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2024</a></blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two new EFF MPs are also not new in the house. Sinawo Thambo, who replaces Shivambu, was an MP in the previous administration but did not return as the EFF lost votes. Nazier Paulsen, who replaces Manyi, is a senior EFF member who also did not return as the EFF was </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reduced in numbers by five MPs after a drop in votes between the 2019 and 2024 elections.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n<h4><b>Molefe returns</b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Molefe, while at Eskom, was also linked to the politically connected Gupta family in the public protector’s State of Capture report. It listed 19 phone calls between August and November 2015 to the Gupta family’s Saxonwold, Johannesburg, home plus another 58 phone calls to a Gupta business associate from August 2015 to March 2016. This contact came at a time when the Guptas’ Tegeta Exploration and Resources company was acquiring the Optimum coal mine. Ultimately, the deal involved a R600-million pre-payment from Eskom for future coal deliveries to the power utility.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He resigned from Eskom in November 2016. He also resigned from the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) board the following year. </span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Read more in Daily Maverick</strong>: <a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-07-07-the-long-wait-for-state-capture-cases-to-come-to-court/\">Long wait for state capture cases to come to court </a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Molefe went on to </span><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-02-24-joining-parliaments-rogues-gallery-brian-molefe-mp/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">become ANC MP</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under Jacob Zuma in 2017, and he returns on the card of the same person now. 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Mzwanele Manyi and Brian Molefe are amongst the new members sworn in as members of Parliament today. 28 July 2024. (Photo : Phando Jikelo/Parliament of SA)
Nazeer Paulsen and Sinawo Tambo are amongst the new members sworn in as members of Parliament, 28 July 2024.(Photo : Phando Jikelo/Parliament of SA)
Siyabonga Gama, Brian Molefe, Thulani Gamede and Mzwanele Manyi , with Nazeer Paulsen (seated) were sworn in as members of Parliament, 28 July 2024. (Photo: Phando Jikelo/Parliament of SA)