Siyabonga Gama

Siyabonga Gama is a South African politician and a member of Parliament (MP) for the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK). He was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in the 2024 South African general election. Gama was CEO of Transnet Group. Quotes Research by Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) indicated that, despite local content obligations, by April 2017 not one of the CSR locomotives being procured for Transnet has been assembled in SA and that all have been manufactured in China. But the Transnet barons who included Molefe, Gama, the former chief financial officer Anoj Singh and his successor Gary Pita decided to buy all the locomotives from foreign bidders who courted them. In March 2014, the winning bidders were China North Rail which won a contract to buy 232 trains; China South Rail which got a contract for 359 trains. General Electric won a contract for 233 and Bombardier for 240. Reports by amaBhungane have subsequently revealed how China South Rail paid massive commissions (commissions are generally accepted as a synonym for bribes) to a network of Gupta-linked companies in India, Dubai and the US. The lions’ share of these commissions were paid or promised in contracts to Gupta lieutenant Salim Essa’s company Tequesta. External links Category:Living people Category:Politicians from South Africa