A government official from South Africa and three other members of the ANC political party have been found not guilty of corruption by a group in parliament.
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi and MPs Cedric Frolick, Mosebenzi Zwane, and Winnie Ngwenya were accused of being involved in a big corruption scandal called “state capture” while Jacob Zuma was the president.
Mr Nxesi was accused of getting money from a well-known businessman named Edwin Sodi. The other three MPs were linked to different corruption accusations.
On Tuesday, the parliament’s Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests said that the four lawmakers did nothing wrong.
The Zondo commission, led by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, discovered that many government-owned organizations were involved in corrupt activities. This investigation took place from 2018 to 2022.
No one has been found guilty in a court case for a crime yet.
The President, Cyril Ramaphosa, said that suggestions from the inquiry will be put into action when the time is right.
In 2018, Zuma stepped down from his position as president before his second term was supposed to finish. He stepped down because of accusations of corruption.
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