The ANCs naughty executive committee

In December the ANC elected a new 80-member national executive committee (NEC) at its Mangaung conference. The NEC is the partys highest decision-making body between conferences. City Press opened the closets of the new NEC members and the governing partys top six officials and found that 24 (28%) senior ANC members either had criminal records, had been disciplined or moved from their jobs, or had bad governance clouds hanging over their heads
*Indicates ranking in the NEC vote

CRIMINAL RECORDS
1. Bathabile Dlamini (12*, fraud)
The social development minister pleaded guilty to fraud in October 2006 in the Travelgate case. She abused the parliamentary travel system as an MP and defrauded Parliament of R254 000. Dlamini was slapped with a five-year suspended sentence and fined R120 000, payable over two years

6. Tony Yengeni (65, fraud)

One of two people convicted of arms deal-related offences, Yengeni, the ANCs former chief whip, pleaded guilty to defrauding Parliament in February 2003. He failed to declare a 47% discount he received on a Mercedes-Benz 4X4 from a weapons company. He served about five months of his four-year sentence

MOVED, RESIGNED OR CENSURED

11. Angie Motshekga (35, censured)
The basic education minister was reprimanded in 2004 after an investigation found she had a close relationship with a company that won a government tender to pay out government grants. Her husband, and former Gauteng premier, Mathole, was also a director of the company

UNDER A CLOUD
16. Jacob Zuma - President (corruption, arms deal and Nkandlagate)
Zuma faces fresh probes in 2013 relating to his corruption case, his role in the arms deal and the more than R200 million splurge on his Nkandla homestead. Charges of corruption, racketeering, money laundering and fraud were withdrawn against the president in April 2009 after the emergence of the so-called Zuma spy tapes But the DA has been fighting . to review the decision to stop Zumas prosecution. This year the party will go to court to force Zuma and the NPA to hand over the tapes. The president will also be mentioned in the arms deal commission that gets under way in March. Judge Hilary Squires found that Schabir Shaik negotiated a bribe for Zuma from French arms dealer Thales. Madonselas

CLEARED
20. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula (17, Travelgate)
The minister of defence and her husband, Charles, were also embroiled in the Travelgate scandal, but were never charged. They were allowed to pay back more than R300 000 to the liquidators of Bathong Travel

26. Nomvula Mokonyane (25, tender irregularity)

In 2011 Madonsela cleared Mokonyane of using her influence to award a tender, to beautify a Gauteng highway, to a private company. The company submitted a proposal to her office, but she referred it to the roads and transport department

2. Jackson Mthembu (15, drunk driving and contempt of court)

The ANC spokesperson pleaded guilty to a charge of contempt of court in 2002 after ignoring a R500 traffic fine. In 2010 he pleaded guilty to driving drunk at 7am in a bus lane in Cape Town. In his previous career, as an MEC in Mpumalanga, Mthembu spent government money on ANC trips, didnt follow protocol for the purchase of 10 BMWs and crashed a state vehicle without having a drivers licence

7. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (79, fraud and kidnapping)

The mother of the nation has escaped jail twice for fraud and kidnapping. In 1991 she was charged with the murder of teenager Stompie Seipei. She was acquitted of murder but was convicted of his kidnapping and sentenced to six years imprisonment. She appealed the sentence and it was overturned to a R15 000 fine. It was revealed recently that the NPA would soon exhume the remains of Lolo Sono and Siboniso Tshabalala, two other teenagers whose deaths were also linked to her Mandela United Football Club. In 2001 Madikizela-Mandela was convicted on 43 counts of fraud after obtaining loans for non-existent ANC Womens League employees. She was sentenced to five years in prison, but succeeded, on appeal, to have her sentence suspended for five years

21. Zoleka Capa-Langa (44, agriculture)

The Eastern Cape Agriculture MEC faces questions of a conflict of interest relating to her husband, Mncedisi Zungula, who is the CEO of the Ntinga Development Agency. It was revealed in September last year that Capa-Langas department gave R5 million to Ntinga for an agriculture project in the Alfred Nzo District Municipality. Ntinga is only supposed to provide services to the OR Tambo District Municipality

12. Tina Joemat-Pettersson (39, censured)

In November last year Public Protector Thuli Madonsela asked President Jacob Zuma to reprimand JoematPettersson for violating the executive ethics code. This related to business class flights worth R150 000 the minister, her two children and their au pair undertook from Sweden to SA, sponsored by the state. Joemat-Pettersson told Madonsela she had to cut her trip short after being recalled by Zuma to assist with his wedding

27. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (30, fishy security)

Parliaments ethics committee couldnt find any wrongdoing by the international relations minister after it was revealed Premier Fishing had paid R100 000 to a security company to secure her house in Polokwane. The committee found the security deal was entered into between her brother and the security company

22. Joyce Mashamba (50, nepotism)

probe into Nkandlagate is expected to reveal what role the president played in approving the multimillion-rand upgrades to his private residence The former Limpopo sports, arts and culture MEC irregularly appointed her son to the human resources unit in her department. In 2006 the Public Service Commission declared his appointment null and void

28. Billy Masetlha (32, hoax emails)

The former spy boss was acquitted of fraud in January 2009 after being charged in the socalled hoax email trial. Masetlha was accused of masterminding a scheme to manufacture fake emails that purported to prove a political conspiracy against Zuma

3. Enoch Godongwana (19, drunk driving)

The head of the ANCs economic transformation committee was convicted of drunk driving in 2003 after he was twice over the legal limit while driving and refused to undergo a breathalyser test. He received a suspended threeyear sentence and was fined R8 000 or 200 days in jail. Godongwana and his wife are also suspects in a Hawks investigation into the disappearance of R100 million from the pension fund of the SA Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Last year a commission of inquiry found they were party to fraudulent or reckless trading

13. Bheki Cele (54, fired)

In June 2012 Zuma fired Cele as chief of police after a judicial commission of inquiry found he was unfit for office. Zuma appointed Judge Jakes Moloi to probe Celes actions after Public Protector Thuli Madonsela found he acted unlawfully when signing multimillion-rand leasing deals. Moloi found Cele knew the landlord, Roux Shabangu, and pushed for his buildings to be rented. Cele is fighting his axing

17. Baleka Mbete - Chair (dodgy drivers licence)

To avoid long queues, Mbete requested that former Mpumalanga safety MEC Steve Mabona organise a drivers licence for her in 1996. The Moldenhauer Commission of Inquiry was established to probe her licence. It found that the licence was false, but could not find evidence of guilt on her part

MOVED, RESIGNED OR CENSURED

8. Jessie Duarte - Deputy secretary-general (resigned)
In 1998, the ANC in Gauteng decided Duarte should resign as MEC for safety and security during hearings into mismanagement in her department. The Moerane Commission also found there was a strong suspicion Duarte had covered up a car accident she had while driving without a drivers licence

23. Pinky Mokoto (61, medical waste tender)

In 2010 the Mail & Guardian revealed the former mayor of the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West was included in a tender for the removal and disposal of medical waste in that province. Mokotos company, Makgoloke Engineering and Projects, formed part of the joint venture led by Buhle Waste

29. Ngoako Ramatlhodi (33, corruption)

The NPA decided in November 2008 not to prosecute the deputy correctional services minister for corruption after receiving representations from his lawyers. The now disbanded Scorpions was investigating allegations that Ramatlhodi benefited from a multimillion-rand social grants payments tender

18. Zweli Mkhize - Treasurergeneral (Amigos case)

The KwaZuluNatal premier was interviewed by the Hawks for his role in purchasing dirty water purification plants worth R44 million from corruption accused Gaston Savoi. City Press revealed that Mkhizes signature appears on two crucial documents recommending the purchase of the plants, but he was never charged in the case. In July 2005, as MEC for finance, Mkhize argued for the transaction to go ahead. He also co-signed a document with Economic Development MEC Mike Mabuyakhulu for the plants to be built without going out on tender. Mabuyakhulu and KwaZuluNatal Speaker Peggy Nkonyeni were charged with corruption, but the charges were dropped last year

4. Ruth Bhengu (29, fraud)

Bhengu is also a Travelgate fraudster who ripped off Parliaments travel scheme to the tune of R43 000. She was sentenced to two years imprisonment, suspended for three years, and had to pay a R45 000 fine. In August last year, Parliaments ethics committee found that Bhengu was involved in a deal that had a potential conflict of interest. As chairperson of the transport portfolio committee, Bhengu entered into a deal with the SA National Taxi Council to supply oil to the taxi industry

14. Humprey Mmemezi (58, resigned)

The former Gauteng local government MEC quit his position in July last year after the provincial integrity commission found him guilty of contravening the legislatures code of conduct. Mmemezi used his government credit card to buy a R10 000 painting and covered up an accident involving a government vehicle

24. Pule Mabe (64, Prasa newspaper)

Questions remain about how Mabes company, KGP Media, got the contract to publish a free biweekly newspaper that is distributed on the countrys passenger trains. Mabe was the former head of communications at Metrorail (before the agency was rebranded Prasa) when he launched Hambanathi for the company in 2007. After becoming the ANC Youth Leagues treasurer, he left Metrorail and registered Hambanathi privately. After the potential conflict was revealed, he relaunched the newspaper as Kwela Xpress

9. Malusi Gigaba (2, censured)

In 2009, then public protector Lawrence Mushwana recommended that action be taken against the former deputy home affairs minister by the speaker of Parliament for failing to cooperate with his probe. Mushwana found Gigaba misappropriated state funds by buying flowers for his wife, but he had admitted the mistake and repaid the R1 020 spent

30. Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele (45, conflict of interest)

The former housing minister, who now chairs the Central Energy Fund, was embroiled in the Mpumalanga Motheo housing scandal in the late 1990s. A commission of inquiry cleared her of wrongdoing

15. Miriam Segabutla (72, censured)

The former Limpopo health MEC was another of Madonselas casualties. The Public Protector found that Segabutla exposed herself to a conflicting situation by awarding tenders to companies linked to her. Tenders for forensic investigation were awarded to companies linked to a relative of Segabutlas and her attorney. After being removed as an MEC, she was appointed SAs ambassador to Cuba

5. Beauty Dlulane (59, fraud)

Dlulane, too, pleaded guilty to defrauding Parliament of R289 000 in the Travelgate scam. She was sentenced to a R120 000 fine or five years imprisonment

10. Ayanda Dlodlo (22, blacklisted)

The deputy public service and administration minister was last year blacklisted by Treasury from doing business with government. A company of which she was a director misinformed the Ekurhuleni municipality about the status of their toilet-building tender, which led to payments being made for incomplete work. In 2007, charges of fraud and theft, relating to her work as a Scorpions director, were withdrawn

19. Nathi Mthethwa (10, police slush fund)

The police minister said he was vindicated last year by an Auditor-General (AG) investigation that found he did not know crime intelligence money was used to build a R200 000 security wall around his private property. After categorically denying police funds were used to upgrade security at his KwaZulu-Natal private residence, City Press revealed a R200 million slush fund indeed paid for Mthethwas wall. The AG accepted Mthethwas version that he didnt know who had paid for the wall

31. Philemon Mapulane (68, corruption)

Charges of fraud and corruption against the deputy speaker of the North West legislature were dropped in May last year. Mapulane was fired as Madibeng city manager after being accused of defrauding the municipality of millions of rands through a dodgy IT tender. The case fell apart when one of his co-accused, who turned state witness, changed his tune and said he lied about Mapulanes involvement

CLEARED
25. Lindiwe Sisulu (3, dodgy appointment)
In April last year Madonsela cleared Sisulu of appointing a fugitive from justice as her special adviser in the defence department. Madonsela blamed the departments vetting process, but said this couldnt have been Sisulus fault

Compiled by ADRIAAN BASSON. Graphic: RUDI LOUW, Graphics24