{"id":93202,"date":"2025-11-20T17:24:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/anc-mp-gigaba-steps-aside-amid-corruption-charges"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:51:09","slug":"anc-mp-gigaba-steps-aside-amid-corruption-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/anc-mp-gigaba-steps-aside-amid-corruption-charges","title":{"rendered":"ANC MP Gigaba Steps Aside Amid Corruption Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>African National Congress (ANC) parliamentarian and former minister, Malusi Gigaba, is giving up his party-political roles after appearing in the dock on Tuesday on corruption charges.<\/p>\n<p>Gigaba\u2019s voluntarily stepped aside from party activity, which includes his duties as a national executive committee (NEC) member.<\/p>\n<p>However, Gigaba has not clarified how the step-aside decision will affect his parliamentary roles or his position as MP, saying that the step-aside rule applies to ANC roles only.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement from the ANC, the party said Gigaba had taken a principled decision to step aside from his responsibilities without being prompted to do so in the wake of a corruption case involvingTransnet tenders.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Gigaba appeared alongside two other MPs, who were former executives at the freight agency when he was the minister of public enterprises, for allegedly receiving kickbacks on locomotive deals.<\/p>\n<p>The party said its step-aside rule was not a presumption of guilt but rather it is intended to afeguard public confidence during a legal process.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Gigaba has relinquished his political roles amid scandal.<\/p>\n<p>He resigned as minister and MP in 2018 after a series of allegations related to state capture and a court ruling that he had lied under oath.<\/p>\n<p>Gigaba had remained out of the public eye until his return to Parliament last year.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted to his social media, Gigaba does not clarify whether he will step down from his role as one of two chairpersons of Parliament\u2019s joint standing committee on defence.<\/p>\n<p>He said parliamentary processes follow their own rules and would be managed accordingly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. African National Congress (ANC) parliamentarian and former minister, Malusi Gigaba, is giving up his party-political roles after appearing in the dock on Tuesday on corruption charges. Gigaba\u2019s voluntarily stepped aside from party activity, which includes his duties as a national executive committee (NEC) member. 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