Bathabile Dlamini

Former Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini was convicted of perjury after having been found to have lied to a Constitutional Court-mandated ...

ANC Women's League president Bathabile Dlamini was on Friday sentenced to a R200,000 fine for perjury, of which half was suspended.

Dlamini, who previously served as minister of social development, was found to have lied under oath during her testimony in an inquiry into her role in the debacle. When sentencing Dlamini, magistrate Betty Khumalo was scathing about her conduct, saying she showed no remorse for her actions. Dlamini’s lawyer negotiated with the court after the sentence was handed down, leading to an agreement that she would pay R20,000 on Friday, with the balance — R80,000 — by April 29.

ANC NEC member and President of the ANCWL Bathabile Dlamini is set to be sentenced by the Johannesburg Magistrate Court on Friday after she was convicted of ...

But the state was having none of it, arguing that an example should be made of public servants for wrongdoing. Mphalane also argued that she was a pensioner with financial dependents. The perjury charge will mark the second conviction of the ANCWL leader, after her fraud charges linked to the Parliament Travel Gate scam.

Former social development minister Bathabile Dlamini has been slapped with a suspended jail and a fine in her perjury case.

In the inquiry, the former minister claimed that the work streams – she appointed in 2016 – did not report to her directly, and that she attended meetings to receive briefings. The former minister was ordered to pay litigation fees, which she paid in 2021. Ngoepe found that Dlamini not only failed in her duties as minister, but also failed to disclose information to the inquiry for fear of being held liable for the Sassa crisis. According to Mphahlane, the 59-year-old receives R40,000 pension as a former member of parliament (MP), in addition to the R70,000 she earns as the president of the ANC’s Women League (ANCWL). She further pointed out that Dlamini had the right to appeal her conviction and sentence in 14 days of the judgment. The magistrate indicated that Dlamini, as a former office-bearer, needed to be accountable due to her dishonest conduct.

Former social development minister Bathabile Dlamini was sentenced in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Friday morning.

JUST IN: #BathabileDlamini has been sentenced to four years imprisonment or R200,000 fine. Should she be imprisoned, 2 years of the sentence will be suspended. Convicted criminal Bathabile Dlamini has been sentenced to four years imprisonment or R200,000 fine.

Dlamini appeared before Magistrate Betty Khumalo on Friday at the Johannesburg Magistrates' Court after she was found guilty of perjury by the same court in ...

He walked in with former #FeesMustFall activist, Bonginkosi Khanyile. Mphahlane then requested that Dlamini not to be jailed and that she remain on warning until she pays the rest of the fine. After the break, Mphahlane said Dlamini would be able to pay 20% of the fine (R20 000) on Friday, and the rest would be paid by April 29.

While sentencing the ANC Women's League president, magistrate Betty Khumalo said she has shown no remorse for her actions.

Tears of relief flowed from some of the supporters of ANC Women's League (ANCWL) president Bathabile Dlamini as she managed to evade a custodial sentence in ...

“Today was the time for the sun to set on her. She will sleep at home with her children,” he said. It was supposed to be a day of sadness. “It goes without saying that the accused’s previous conviction and the current offence both have an element of dishonesty or misrepresentation. But the court appreciates that 15 years has lapsed since then and that she made it to be a minister despite that previous conviction,” she said. She dismissed arguments by Dlamini’s defence that she never benefited from lying in court, adding that it was aggravating that she had violated the oath she had taken when she was appointed  minister of defending the constitution.

On Friday former Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini was sentenced to four years in prison or a R200,000 fine for perjury.

If you can’t see that they are just trying to do away with the ANC so that the DA must run the country, you are still sleeping; wake up. She opted to pay the fine and was promoted to then-president Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet in 2009. In handing down the sentence, Judge Betty Khumalo said if Dlamini wished to go home, she would have to make an immediate upfront payment of 20% and settle the balance by 29 April 2022.

ANC Women's League president accompanied her defence to pay R20 000 of a R200 000 deferred fine after Friday's judgment.

The court considered her defence submission that she currently earns R40 000 a month and an additional R70 000 a month as a stipend for her role as president of the women’s league. Magashule used his speech to speak about the party’s upcoming elective conference later this year when they should expect offers and bribes for votes. At the time, a commission of inquiry into whether Dlamini should be held liable for the Sassa grants crisis concluded that she was evasive when questions were put to her. “She was in charge of a department which was responsible for the majority of our ordinary citizens in dire situations having to face uncertainty regarding their social grant. Respectable members of society who hold high and authoritative positions of power should not get away with dishonesty but must take responsibility and remain accountable. Dlamini did not disclose this to the constitutional court, Ngoepe said.

The court found that Dlamini lied under oath during an inquiry looking into the social grants debacle of 2017.

"I believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt. The time has come Comrade Ace. I am happy because it revealed itself and we saw it with our own eyes. We are tired of defending people who were not even there during the revolution of struggle." Those who know me, know that I take time to believe things that are said about people." Before even the Magistrate's court was in session, people arrived before two-three weeks ago asking Bathabile to step aside." She said, “there are comrades who came to deliver prayers.

Last month, Dlamini lambasted suggestions from acting secretary general Paul Mashatile that she must step down following her perjury conviction.

All those things did not count.” Last month, Dlamini lambasted suggestions from Acting Secretary General Paul Mashatile that she step down following her perjury conviction. Last month, Dlamini lambasted suggestions from acting secretary general Paul Mashatile that she must step down following her perjury conviction.