Tseko Taabe Explained

Party:African National Congress
Office1:Delegate to the National Council of Provinces
Termstart1:1999
Termend1:2004
Citizenship:South Africa
Constituency Am1:Mpumalanga
Otherparty: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). Six months later, EFF provincial leader Collen Sedibe said that he had left the party to return to the ANC.[7]

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  1. Web site: 23 September 1999 . Members of the National Council of Provinces . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19991012020635/http://parliament.gov.za/ncop/index.htm . 1999-10-12 . 2023-05-17 . Parliament of South Africa.
  2. News: 2005-03-18 . SA MPs convicted over travel scam . en-GB . 2023-06-11.
  3. Web site: 2006-07-27 . Travelgate: R70 000 fine imposed . 2023-05-13 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  4. Web site: 14 September 2015 . ANC politician 'leaving party of thugs' for EFF . 2023-06-11 . News24 . en-US.
  5. Web site: samaYende . Sizwe . 22 February 2005 . Travelgate suspect gets top job . 2023-06-11 . News24 . en-US.
  6. Web site: Masinga . Sydney . 19 April 2010 . Mpuma municipality taken over . 2023-06-11 . News24 . en-US.
  7. Web site: 15 March 2016 . Mpumalanga politician who joined EFF denies ANC ambassador post 'offer' . 2023-06-11 . News24 . en-US.