The uMkhonto weSizwe Party MKP says two of its Members of Parliament will not be removed from Parliament after handing themselves over to police on Monday.
Brian Molefe and Siyabonga Gama, who are former Transnet executives, have been granted bail of R50 000 each by the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court in Ekurhuleni following tender corruption charges. The two members are in hot water with the law, over an alleged 2012 alleged fraudulent multimillion rand locomotives tender.
Molefe, served as Transnet CEO from 2011 to 2015 and Gama, who succeeded him, was fired in 2018.
At that time, some within the African National Congress and Economic Freedom Fighters had urged Gama to approach the courts to halt his axing from the company, alleging that executives at SOEs were being cut as part of what the red berets called a narcissistic agenda of the then Minister of Public Enterprises.
MKP National Spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela says the party will act accordingly after the findings of the court.
