MPs score cattle, a car and noodles

From free tickets to music shows and sports events‚ overseas jaunts and livestock‚ MPs remain some of the luckiest people around‚ with the 2018 edition of the annual register of members’ interests making for interesting reading.

None of our MPs was as lucky as former union boss Fikile Majola‚ who scored a 2017 BMW X5.

Majola declared his R864‚000 gift as a “donation” from the National Education‚ Health and Allied Workers’ Union.

Majola became an MP in 2014 and chairs the National Assembly’s energy portfolio committee. Nehawu had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publishing.

Science and technology minister Mmamoloko KubayiNgubane declared a R499‚000 scholarship paid directly to the Howard Business School by Boston Holdings.

Kubayi-Ngubane previously stated that she wanted to earn a PhD before her 40th birthday. It is unclear what she is studying.

The ANC’s Mcebisi Skwatsha will probably need to build a kraal‚ as he has been a consistent recipient of livestock. He declared a bull‚ estimated at about R80‚000‚ from Herschel Independent Consultants.

In 2018‚ AmaMpondo king Ndamase Ndamase also gave the deputy minister of rural development & land reform a bull‚ worth R8‚000‚ having gifted him a similar beast in 2015.

Skwatsha’s former boss in that ministry‚ Gugile Nkwinti‚ declared two-minute noodles and condensed milk among the gifts he received in 2018.

The EFF’s Floyd Shivambu declared free tickets to the FC Barcelona vs Mamelodi Sundowns friendly match at FNB Stadium in May 2018.

Shivambu was seen‚ alongside his boss‚ Julius Malema‚ greeting famous Barca players at the stadium following the clash.