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IOL News
30-07-2025
- Business
- IOL News
Trip to daughter's funeral in Israel, sheep, goats are some of the gifts SA MPs declared
All the 400 public representatives complied with the declaration of financial interests for the first time in 2025. Image: Picture: Armand Hough THE South African Friends of Israel paid for ACDP leader Kenneth Meshoe's travel to the funeral of his daughter in Israel while a Washington family settled his flight and accommodation for his daughter's memorial service in the US. This emerged from the declarations made by MPs as contained in the Register of Members' Interests for 2025. The report was adopted and released by the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests on Friday after all 400 public representatives complied with the submission of their declarations within the stipulated deadline for the first time. Meshoe also declared his shares 100 Sanlam shares with a nominal value of R15,000 and being preacher as remuneration outside parliamentary work. His other colleagues were gifted with cellphones, liquor, sheep, food parcels, books, tickets to watch sport and music shows. Transport Minister Barbara Creecy and National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza are probably the envy of other MPs as they disclosed a long list of gifts during the year under review. Creecy listed, among her gifts, two King Shaka statues from Airport Company of South Africa, a book titled 'The Pig That Flew' from Evert de Ruiter, and a scarf valued at R1,200 from her French counterpart. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. 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He received a self-painting from Ambassador Reynard Al-Akbari of the League of Arab States, a colour-changing mug and African print fabric from Mozambique High Commissioners, 15-year-old single malt whiskey, and a book titled 'Welcome to My Table' by Siba Mtongana from Assupol. DA leader and Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen received 12 bottles of wine from Cape Point Vineyards and 12 assorted bottles of wine from Tim Hutchinson. The ostrich industry gave him an ostrich RSA flag and various ostrich plumes for display in the ministry offices in Pretoria, among others. Steenhuisen, who listed nothing under land ownership and property, disclosed a townhouse in Sea Point under rented property. EFF leader Julius Malema holds a directorship in Mgagao Shamba farming business, and also received two sheep from BaPedi Queen, and a bottle of wine and chocolate from the Chinese embassy. He disclosed nothing under property and land ownership. Deputy President Paul Mashatile declared a portrait of himself from the National Youth Development Agency, a bottle of wine, and small grey bowl from the Japanese embassy, and a silver elephant statue display from the Indian Minister of External Affairs, among the gifts he obtained. Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie declared the de-registration of about 15 companies where he was director or in partnership. McKenzie listed owning a property in Kraaifontein and a R37,999 HONOR Magic V2 device from HONOR Device in China, as well as a R6,093 tea cup and saucer from the Russian Cultural Ministry. Al Jama-ah leader and Social Development Minister, Mogamad Hendricks, has shares in 12 companies with at least 15,000 shares valued at R961,342 with ABSA stockbroker. He listed directorship in seven companies, including his party. Hendricks listed four properties - a house, two plots, and an agricultural land – under property and land ownership. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana received no gifts during the year under review. He disclosed that he has three properties in the Eastern Cape and Gauteng. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu was gifted a Huawei Pura 70 cellphone by the Chinese ambassador, and a goat and blanket from a community of Ulundi in KwaZulu-Natal. Cape Times
The Herald
18-06-2025
- Politics
- The Herald
'No way police can lead fight against GBV': minister Senzo Mchunu
Some opposition MPs did not take kindly to the remarks. ACDP leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe acknowledged the role of other sectors but said the police must shoulder a central role. 'I agree that there are other stakeholders that have to be involved in attempting to reduce GBV,' he said. 'But whenever there is violence — no matter what kind — the police must take responsibility to ensure the safety and security. They must make sure those men who are violent are arrested.' Meshoe warned that if the SAPS failed to prioritise GBV, women and children would remain vulnerable. Mchunu responded that police are not seeking to escape responsibility but rather emphasising that prevention requires community-wide involvement. Last month Mchunu presented the country's latest crime statistics which painted a grim picture. 'Women remain disproportionately affected by rape, assault GBH and murder. Our resolve to fight GBVF is unwavering,' he said. South Africa continues to face one of the highest rates of GBV in the world. According to Stats SA one in three women aged 16 and older has experienced physical violence, while one in five has suffered sexual abuse. The Human Sciences Research Council found that 33.1% of women aged 18 and older have endured physical violence in their lifetime. TimesLIVE
Eyewitness News
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Eyewitness News
Kenneth Meshoe defends ACDP's controversial Israel trip, says party won't join GNU
Tshidi Madia 23 April 2025 | 9:00 Rev Kenneth Meshoe, founder of the African Christian Democratic Party. The ACDP, which is only represented by 3 members of parliament in the national assembly and tends to fly below the radar, has been at the heart of public discourse in recent weeks following a controversial, privately funded, multi-party trip to Israel, undertaken by some of its members alongside a few other MPs from the DA and PA last trip, titled a 'fact-finding mission,' has come under much scrutiny, following its findings which claim there is no evidence of apartheid in Israel, it further described the country as a vibrant, progressive, multi-racial and multi-ethnic society. The difficulty with this view, for many, is it's a sponsored one-sided view of what's happening in the middle east and is this is at odds, with what South Africa's government has been involved in a retaliatory onslaught against Palestine following the October 2023 attacks, however this is part of a longer battle by the Palestinians to self-determine, this as they have continuously argued that they are being pushed off their land, with those living in Gaza comparing it to being in an open prison. ACDP leader Kenneth Meshoe joined Politricking with Tshidi Madia, an EWN politics podcast, defending his own party members' participation in the trip. He also spoke on the future of his organisation, while sharing his views on South Africa's own tensions with the U.S and why the ACDP could never join the government of national unity coalition.'When you have a constitution such as we have in South Africa, that promotes freedom of conscience, freedom of movement, freedom of association, how can I say no to a member of the ACDP who says my faith was started in Jerusalem, my faith is embedded in the in the Middle East…I have said to ACDP members, anybody who wants to go, go,' said said it was not his responsibility to vet who his party members were traveling with, let alone the meetings they participated in whilst in Israel, insisting that his MPs know his organisation's values and would not act out of line with its Christian party is a vocal supporter of Israel and has publicly refused to back the country's successful bid to have attacks on Gaza declared genocidal in the international court of it argued was because it believed South Africa could have played a more constructive role in influencing Hamas to surrender and release hostages kidnapped in the October 7th argued that South Africa has lost its right to play the role of an honest said theirs wasn't a stance aligned to politicians and went on to discuss his own experiences of Israel, which also, did not include a detour to the west bank, to see firsthand if claims of conflict were real or not. He also insisted the Middle East experience is nothing like apartheid, which his own country has experienced.'In South Africa, you go to the beach, there were those benches; whites only, [in Israel], you go to the beach, you see people of different colours swimming together. I nearly got a heart attack when I saw that… when I went to a hospital, a children's Hospital… to see Muslim mothers with their babies and to see Arab doctors there,' he Reverend did however bemoan the countless reported fatalities in as he continued to defend Israel, raising concerns over what he said were 'attempts by politicians in the country to remove Israel from the face of the earth.''If you have people talking about eradicating a nation, I would never agree with that,' he also shared his thoughts on President Cyril Ramaphosa's appointment of Mcebisi Jonas as the special envoy to the U.S, this as the country tries to thaw an increasingly frosty relationship with the western superpower. He said South Africa should have acted much faster.'They are late, what they are now wanting to do with Jonas should have been done from the very beginning, its like they were caught napping,' he said a delegation should have been sent immediately after U.S President Donald Trump started publicly echoing some of the disinformation regarding the country's policies on land expropriation and claims of attacks targeted at white said this was a far better approach than ones which might be seen as antagonistic to the U.S.'When we fight fire with fire, it doesn't produce the desired results, and unfortunately at the beginning, if you listened to the language that was being used by our people, it was terrible. It was as if they were fighting, now they are cooling down because they realise you cannot win this fight,' said a local front, he said due to his party's policies, it realised it could not join the government of national ACDP is anti-abortion rights and takes issue with the recognition of the rights of the LGBTQI+ community, both of which are covered and protected by this country's constitution.'We couldn't not avoid policy clashes and obviously when we see what happens between the DA and ANC, we realise that the same would be happening, even on a smaller scale [with us,] said as he defended his party's policies, whilst arguing that partnering with parties in the GNU would have had a negative impact on the performance of ACDP Reverend went on to describe the two largest parties in the national coalition as a disappointment.'People have double-tongues,' he said the two major parties all say they care about citizens but their actions, more so during the ongoing proposed budget statement have let the country down.'They have said one thing and did the opposite of what they've said,' he his part, Meshoe said his party would have voted in favour of the fiscal framework had it not been for the proposed VAT increase, which kicks in next interestingly enough, continued to believe the ACDP's time to shine is yet to come, this despite being on the ballot for all of the country's general elections and failing to capture the electorate's imagination, he believes the fall of the ANC, might be to his party's benefit. 'Everything has its own time, there's time to smile, a time to frown… watch what's going to happen in the next few years,' he concluded.
Eyewitness News
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Eyewitness News
Politricking with Tshidi Madia: ACDP leader Kenneth Meshoe
On this week's episode of Politricking with Tshidi Madia, ACDP Leader, Reverend Kenneth Meshoe, a man who has been on South African ballot since 1994 joins Tshidi Madia in studio to reflect on working in parliament for the past 30 years and how different it is under the GNU. He shares why his party didn't join the GNU. He speaks about the ACDP party members visiting Israel. He reflects on the party's policies and how they fit into today's society. He reacts to the Omotoso judgment and what it means for them as a faith based organisation. He closes off the conversation by sharing his thoughts on the current president.
