DA, ANC MP Booi in spat over private consultancy payments
Cape Town – ANC MP Nyami Booi has rejected "defamatory allegations" made against him by the Democratic Alliance that he failed to declare payments from a coal company as "fake news".
The DA this week said Booi was appointed as a consultant by Lurco Coal (Pty) Ltd on an indefinite, non-exclusive basis, for R60 000 a month in November 2015.
His agreement though had not been declared in Parliament's 2016 Register of Members' Interests as required by Parliament, DA MP James Lorimer said.
"The DA is also concerned what the effects of this consulting may have been. The DA will be submitting further questions about any contracts or tenders that Lurco Coal may have had with government or state-owned enterprises."
Booi, who is ANC whip on the standing committee on public accounts (Scopa), said he was "highly disturbed" by the "untrue" allegations.