Members of Parliament (MP) have declared gifts and sponsorships, including a R200 000 sponsored trip to the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, a R25,000 Samsung Galaxy phone, and complimentary tickets to DStv festivals.
Under the code of ethical conduct and disclosure of financial interests, members of Parliament must disclose their financial interests annually. These interests include shares, remunerated employment outside Parliament, directorships, sponsorships, gifts, and hospitality in excess of R1500 from a source other than a family member or permanent companion.
Additionally, MPs are required to declare any sponsored travel or foreign travel, ownership of land and property, including land and property outside South Africa, pensions and public contracts awarded.
WHAT GIFTS DID MPs DECLARE?
Members of Parliament (MP) have declared gifts and sponsorships, including a R200 000 sponsored trip to the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, a R25,000 Samsung Galaxy phone, and complimentary tickets to DStv festivals.
Lamola is one of the African National Congress (ANC) MPs who declared the most gifts. These include a R200 000 trip to the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France sponsored by Multichoice, a R25 000 Samsung Galaxy cellphone, R1100 Russian vodka, R889 KWV whisky, Chinese wine, Chinese black tea, Chinese glass decorative plate, a leather briefcase and diary, together with a Ghanian table cloth and chocolates. Apart from that, the former justice minister owns three properties: one in Hazyview, Mpumalanga, and two in Midrand, Gauteng.
MultiChoice also sponsored Science and Innovation Deputy Minister Buti Manamela to attend the Rugby World Cup in France (the company covered travel and accommodation costs).
Additionally, the deputy minister received eight complimentary tickets to the DStv delicious festival, eight more tickets to the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, wine bottles, two leather bags, and more complimentary tickets to the DStv music festival, among other things.
On the other hand, deputy police minister Cassel Mathale only received whiskey valued at R1000, together with champagne glasses and wine decanters also valued at R1000.
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, who owns four properties in Limpopo and Gauteng, including a plot of land in Limpopo, only received chocolate and whisky valued at R3 523.
Public service and administration deputy minister Pinky Kekana, the mother of Bafana Bafana defender Grant Kekana, does not have remunerated work outside of Parliament and owns two properties in Polokwane and Pretoria.
Kekena received VIP tickets valued at R8000 from MultiChoice and R150 000 from the same company to attend the Rugby World Cup in France.
Additionally, she received VIP tickets valued at R1000 from the National Department of Sport, Arts and Culture and a R3000 trolly bag from the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS).
GOOD leader and tourism minister Patricia de Lille, who does not have remunerated work outside Parliament and doesn’t have shares in any company, was among some of the MPs who received many gifts.
De Lille declared an R500 stuffed dragon doll, traditional Chinese artwork paper valued at R1000, a bottle of wine, and a Chinese tea set valued at R1000, among other gifts.
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