Mpho Scott

Mpho Innocent Scott (born 14 October 1965) He served until 2003, gaining re-election in 1999 on the ANC's list for KwaZulu-Natal. He sat on the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence and was investigated, and cleared, on allegations that he had received benefits (a car) from a state contractor in the controversial Arms Deal. From 1 May 2002, he chaired the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs. In early 2003, he resigned from his seat in order to pursue his career in business.

Business career Scott was chairman of Savula Investment Holdings, a company formed in 1999 to acquire a 0.5 per cent stake in Cell C; politicians Sipho Gcabashe and Siyabonga Cwele were also involved in the company, Gcabashe as a director and Cwele as a shareholder. By early 2003, Scott was also chairperson of Indosa Terminal & Logistics Services and a director at Igagasi Engineering and African Legend Investments.

Scott occasionally attracted media attention for doing business with the state. He was a director of Secureco Metsu, contracted to provide security to municipal properties in Durban, though he denied that his party-political connections had any bearing on the tender. Savula Investments, through Prop 5 Corporation, benefitted from state correctional services contracts, but he said he resigned from Prop 5 around the time he left Parliament.

Personal life He is married to Ntombikhona Scott.