Travelgate was one of the first major political corruption scandals in post-apartheid South Africa.
It implicated over 30 Members of Parliament (MPs) as accomplices and beneficiaries in a large-scale fraud scheme, under which Parliament unknowingly recompensed MPs and private travel agencies for millions of rands in fictitious travel expenses.
The money paid by Parliament was kept by the agencies, who transferred some of it to MPs in the form of cash or bookings for car hire or luxury hotel accommodation.
[3] The Scorpions, an elite unit of the National Prosecuting Authority, initiated a large-scale investigation which involved questioning 135 MPs, and PricewaterhouseCoopers was contracted to assist with forensic accounting.
[6] The following is a partial list of the MPs who pled guilty of fraud or theft charges in connection with Travelgate.