Global InformationTseko Taabe information
Tseko Taabe | |
|---|---|
| Delegate to the National Council of Provinces | |
| Assembly Member for Mpumalanga | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Other political affiliations | Economic Freedom Fighters (2015–2016) |
Tseko Benedict Taabe is a South African politician who represented Mpumalanga in the National Council of Provinces during the 23rd South African Parliament from 1999 to 2004.[1] He was a member of the African National Congress. In 2006, he pled guilty in the trial resulting from the Travelgate scandal.[2][3]
After leaving Parliament, Taabe was a businessman.[4] He was also involved in local government in Mpumalanga: he was appointed as administrator in Thaba Chweu Local Municipality and deputy administrator in Thembisile Hani Local Municipality when the towns were placed under administration in 2005 and 2010 respectively.[5][6] In September 2015, he announced that he had resigned from the ANC to join the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).[4] Six months later, EFF provincial leader Collen Sedibe said that he had left the party to return to the ANC.[7]
- ^ "Members of the National Council of Provinces". Parliament of South Africa. 23 September 1999. Archived from the original on 12 October 1999. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "SA MPs convicted over travel scam". 18 March 2005. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Travelgate: R70 000 fine imposed". The Mail & Guardian. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ a b "ANC politician 'leaving party of thugs' for EFF". News24. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ samaYende, Sizwe (22 February 2005). "Travelgate suspect gets top job". News24. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Masinga, Sydney (19 April 2010). "Mpuma municipality taken over". News24. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Mpumalanga politician who joined EFF denies ANC ambassador post 'offer'". News24. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2023.