MK Party Chief Whip vote confusion
The 2025 and 2026 Appropriation Bill was passed on Wednesday night.
There was confusion when MK Party Chief Whip Colleen Makhubele voted 'YES' to the Appropriation Bill, despite her party maintaining it would reject the bill.
But she says she thought they were voting on another matter.
Makhubele then changed the party's vote and was heckled by MPs.
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