Ethics committee recommends that Dipuo Peters be sanctioned for ...

26 Oct 2023

Jan Gerber

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Former transport minister Dipuo Peters has been found in breach of the ethics code for her state capture-era conduct relating to PRASA.

Parliament's ethics committee has found a member of President Cyril Ramaphosa's executive, Dipuo Peters, guilty of breaches related to state capture at the troubled Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa).

Despite the Zondo Commission's findings against her, Ramaphosa appointed Peters as the Deputy Minister of Small Business Development.

She previously served as transport minister in former president Jacob Zuma's Cabinet, when state capture was at its height. Actions committed while she was in that position led to the committee finding against her.

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