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Tseko Taabe

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Tseko Taabe
Delegate to the National Council of Provinces
Assembly Member
for Mpumalanga
In office
1999–2004
Personal details
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican 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]

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "SA MPs convicted over travel scam". 18 March 2005. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Travelgate: R70 000 fine imposed". The Mail & Guardian. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b "ANC politician 'leaving party of thugs' for EFF". News24. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  5. ^ samaYende, Sizwe (22 February 2005). "Travelgate suspect gets top job". News24. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  6. ^ Masinga, Sydney (19 April 2010). "Mpuma municipality taken over". News24. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Mpumalanga politician who joined EFF denies ANC ambassador post 'offer'". News24. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

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