Tsietsi Louw

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Tsietsi Louw
Member of the National Assembly
In office
June 1999 –May 2009
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Citizenship South Africa
Political party African National Congress

Tsietsi Joseph Louw is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2009, gaining election in 1999 [1] and 2004. [2] During his second term in the assembly, he served on the Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation. [3] [4]

In October 2006, he pled guilty to theft in connection with the Travelgate scandal, admitting that he had wrongly claimed R70,000 in service benefits from Parliament. [5] He paid a fine of R60,000, in lieu of serving three years' imprisonment, and was served with an additional mandatory five-year prison sentence suspended conditionally. [5] [6] He and other implicated MPs were also formally reprimanded in the house by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa . Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa . Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "SA to 'annex' Zim for 2010". News24. 12 August 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "MPs angry at lack of black Boks". News24. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  5. 1 2 "National Prosecuting Authority on travel voucher fraud MPs". South African Government. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Travelgate: 14 plead guilty". The Mail & Guardian. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Parly reprimands Travelgate MPs". News24. 29 March 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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