Search
  1. Home
  2. Southern Africa
  3. South Africa

Top ANC politician in court charged with corruption

    JOHANNESBURG

    The chief whip of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday morning appeared in Cape Town's Magistrate Court on charges of corruption, news reports said. Tony Yengeni was not asked to plead and was granted US $1,000 bail. Yengeni had earlier handed himself over to the Scorpions, South Africa's anti-corruption unit, after a warrant of arrest had been issued. The case was remanded to 25 January next year. Yengeni faces charges of corruption, fraud, statutory perjury and forgery, a spokesperson for the Scorpions, Sipho Ngwema, said. This is the first arrest of a high-profile politician following months of investigations into alleged corruption surrounding the US $4.6 billion arms deal.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

    Share this article

    Our ability to deliver compelling, field-based reporting on humanitarian crises rests on a few key principles: deep expertise, an unwavering commitment to amplifying affected voices, and a belief in the power of independent journalism to drive real change.

    We need your help to sustain and expand our work. Your donation will support our unique approach to journalism, helping fund everything from field-based investigations to the innovative storytelling that ensures marginalised voices are heard.

    Please consider joining our membership programme. Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on how the world responds to crises.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join