Criminal complaints against Tolashe over vehicle donation mounting

Criminal complaints against Minister of Social Development Sisisi Tolashe over a vehicle donation are mounting.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has on Wednesday laid two complaints of fraud against her related to the registration of two vehicles ostensibly meant for the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) in the names of her children.

The party has also approached Parliament’s portfolio committee to launch an inquiry into a raft of maladministration allegations within her department.

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The DA’s action comes just two weeks after ActionSA approached the Cape Town police station to investigate Tolashe for not declaring the donation of vehicles to Parliament.

The DA said its complaints relate to the donated vehicles not being registered in the names of its rightful owners, and Tolashe’s explanation to the ANC’s Integrity Commission that she was trying to shield the party’s assets from being attached.

DA deputy chief whip Baxolile Nodada believes this is blatant fraud.

“We cannot, as members of Parliament and the DA in Parliament, not take action when we see there’s contravention of the law.”

The DA’s Nazley Sharif is hoping other political parties support her request for a parliamentary inquiry into the Department of Social Development.

“We cannot continue having a minister that has so little regard for the people of South Africa that she continues to find herself in scandals.”

In 2025, Tolashe was made to explain to the committee irregular appointments in her personal office and discrepancies in the contract of the former director-general.