Zizi Kodwa and 58 MPs from the MK Party to be sworn in next week
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Zizi Kodwa, the minister of sports, arts and culture, appears in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on charges of corruption. (Melinda Stuurman/Netwerk24)
Former sports, arts and culture minister Zizi Kodwa, who resigned after being charged with corruption, will return to Parliament as an MP.
He will be sworn in this Tuesday, along with the 58 MPs from the MK Party who missed the rest of the MPs' swearing-in on 14 June.
In a statement on Saturday, Parliament confirmed that the oath of office will be administered to the 58 elected members of the MK Party who were not available to be sworn in during the first sitting of the National Assembly on 14 June.
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