{"id":159209,"date":"2017-02-21T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T10:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=159209"},"modified":"2017-02-21T12:59:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T10:59:02","slug":"molefe-to-be-sworn-in-as-mp-on-budget-speech-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/159209\/molefe-to-be-sworn-in-as-mp-on-budget-speech-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Molefe to be sworn in as MP on Budget Speech day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe will be sworn in as a Member of Parliament on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The ANC in Parliament has confirmed that Molefe will be officially sworn in on Wednesday, on the same day Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is expected to present his Budget.<\/p>\n

“Yes, we have been informed that he will be sworn in tomorrow,” spokesperson Nonceba Mhlauli said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

This, after Parliament on Friday announced that Molefe had been nominated to fill a vacancy on the ANC benches.<\/p>\n

Molefe resigned from Eskom following former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s report into state capture, in which he was mentioned on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n

Molefe featured extensively in the State of Capture<\/em> report, which was released following a court order.<\/p>\n

The report included damning details on the relationship between Molefe and the controversial Gupta family.<\/p>\n

The ANC in the North West has defended its decision to nominate Molefe to the National Assembly and has dismissed allegations that he was neither a resident of the province nor a member of the party’s Ward 29 branch in Hartbeespoort.<\/p>\n

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Read: \u2018Brian Molefe has never been to our branch meetings\u2019 \u2013 report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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