{"id":73028,"date":"2024-08-28T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/former-soe-executives-to-be-sworn-in-as-mk-party-mps"},"modified":"2024-08-28T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T17:00:00","slug":"former-soe-executives-to-be-sworn-in-as-mk-party-mps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/former-soe-executives-to-be-sworn-in-as-mk-party-mps","title":{"rendered":"Former SOE executives to be sworn in as MK Party MPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The much anticipated swearing in of former CEOs of state agencies as MPs is expected to take place on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament has announced National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza will swear in eight MK Party MPs and two EFF MPs.<\/p>\n<p>The list includes former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama, former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe and former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana.<\/p>\n<p>Others who will be sworn in as MPs include Mzwanele Manyi, former head of the GCIS. Manyi recently defected from the EFF after a stint as an ATM member.<\/p>\n<p>Former EFF national spokesperson Sinawo Thambo will also be sworn in, replacing former deputy leader Floyd Shivambu. Another EFF leader, Nazier Paulsen, will replace Manyi.<\/p>\n<p>Other MK Party MPs are:<\/p>\n<p>Thembisile Siboniso Mjadu<\/p>\n<p>Nompumelelo Matilda Gasa<\/p>\n<p>Gezani Eric Kobane<\/p>\n<p>Thulani Innocent Gamede<\/p>\n<p>TimesLIVE previously reported that two months after being sworn in as members of the National Assembly representing the MK Party, 15 MPs were unceremoniously fired and their party membership terminated.<\/p>\n<p>MK Party chief whip Sihle Ngubane wrote to Didiza informing her of changes in the party&#8217;s caucus<\/p>\n<p>The disgruntled former MPs have accused the party\u2019s parliamentary leadership of fraud and failure to follow due processes in booting them out of the party.<\/p>\n<p>The former MPs approached the high court in Cape Town to fight their removal and in a bid to stop parliament from filling their parliamentary seats pending the court process.<\/p>\n<p><b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. The much anticipated swearing in of former CEOs of state agencies as MPs is expected to take place on Wednesday afternoon. Parliament has announced National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza will swear in eight MK Party MPs and two EFF MPs. The list includes former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama, former Eskom CEO Brian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":73027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-73028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former SOE executives to be sworn in as MK Party MPs - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/former-soe-executives-to-be-sworn-in-as-mk-party-mps\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former SOE executives to be sworn in as MK Party MPs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. 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