Didiza warns MPs over failure of disclosures

NATIONAL Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza yesterday rebuked three deputy ministers and four ordinary MPs for failing to declare their financial interests within the stipulated deadline last year.

- MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA

Didiza made Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala, Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Andries Nel, and Deputy Minister of Transport Mkhuleko Hlengwa, along with MK Party MP and national spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndlela, and ANC MPs Mluleki Dlelanga, Mzoleli Mrara, and Masetshego Mofokeng stand up like schoolchildren when reprimanding them at the start of the plenary sitting.

Monitoring and Evaluation Minister Moropene Ramokgopa tendered her apology because she is on an international trip, but she will be reprimanded on her return to the House.

Didiza rebuked the deputy ministers and MPs after the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests found that they did not disclose their financial and registrable interests by the due date on October 14, 2024.