Small Business Development Deputy Minister Dipuo Peters has been found guilty of breaching the MPs' ethics code.
Peters previously denied being involved in wrongdoing at Prasa during her tenure as Transport Minister.Small Business Development Deputy Minister Dipuo Peters has been found guilty of breaching the MPs’ ethics code for various transgressions committed when she was Transport Minister.
Another allegation was that Peters approved the use of Prasa buses for ANC events during 2014 and 2015 without ensuring payment from the ANC.The Ethics Committee has sanctioned the former Transport Minister on three breaches of the ethics code. The committee, therefore, recommended that Peters be suspended from her seat in all parliamentary debates and sittings, and committee meetings for one term.
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