Tseko Benedict Taabe is a South African politician who represented

Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...

in the

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during the

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from 1999 to 2004. He was a member of the

African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a Social democracy, social-democratic political party in Republic of South Africa, South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when ...

. In 2006, he pled guilty in the trial resulting from the Travelgate scandal. After leaving Parliament, Taabe was a businessman. He was also involved in

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in Mpumalanga: he was appointed as administrator in

Thaba Chweu Local Municipality Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, is a municipality of South Africa, located in the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga. Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: Politics The municipal c ...

and deputy administrator in

Thembisile Hani Local Municipality Thembisile Hani Local Municipality is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. It is a semi-urban local Municipality consisting of 57 villages within which there are 5 (five) established townships. The m ...

when the towns were placed under administration in 2005 and 2010 respectively. In September 2015, he announced that he had resigned from the ANC to join the opposition

Economic Freedom Fighters The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is a South African left-wing to far-left pan-Africanist and Marxist–Leninist political party. It was founded by expelled former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema, and hi ...

(EFF). Six months later, EFF provincial leader Collen Sedibe said that he had left the party to return to the ANC.

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