Tsietsi Louw

Tsietsi Joseph Louw is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2009, gaining election in 1999^[1] and 2004.^[2] During his second term in the assembly, he served on the Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation.^[3][4]

Tsietsi Louw
Member of the National Assembly
In office June 1999 – May 2009
Personal details
Citizenship	South Africa
Political party	African National Congress

In October 2006, he pled guilty to theft in connection with the Travelgate scandal, admitting that he had wrongly claimed R70,000 in service benefits from Parliament.^[5] He paid a fine of R60,000, in lieu of serving three years' imprisonment, and was served with an additional mandatory five-year prison sentence suspended conditionally.^[5][6] He and other implicated MPs were also formally reprimanded in the house by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete.^[7]

References

1. "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
2. "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
3. "SA to 'annex' Zim for 2010". News24. 12 August 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
4. "MPs angry at lack of black Boks". News24. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
5. "National Prosecuting Authority on travel voucher fraud MPs". South African Government. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
6. "Travelgate: 14 plead guilty". The Mail & Guardian. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
7. "Parly reprimands Travelgate MPs". News24. 29 March 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2023.