Lynne Brown resigns as MP, confirms ANC

FORMER South African public enterprises minister Lynne Brown has resigned as a Member of Parliament, the office of the ANC chief whip confirmed yesterday.

“She (Brown) has expressed her gratitude in having served the people of South Africa and thanked the ANC for having given her the opportunity to do so,” a statement from chief whip Jackson Mthembu said.

“We are confident that she will continue serving the country and our movement in other capacities in future. We wish her well.”

Brown was one of the ministers fired this week during a cabinet reshuffle by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Brown was sworn in as an MP following the 2014 general elections.

Her stint as public enterprises minister was marred by allegations, made in public and in a parliamentary inquiry, of her being involved in helping the politically connected Gupta family score billions of rand off contracts with state-owned enterprises, most notably at the power utility Eskom.