South Africa: Former MP faces jail
23.08.2006
Former South African MP Tony Yengeni has lost his final appeal against a four-year jail sentence imposed for defrauding parliament. Mr Yengeni formerly headed parliament's defence committee and was chief whip of the governing ANC party. He was convicted in 2003 after it was found he had received a large discount on the purchase of a luxury car, from a firm bidding for an arms contract.