A Western Cape Provincial Parliament conduct committee has found three senior politicians guilty of breaching the legislature’s code of conduct, including Premier Alan Winde, GOOD party secretary-general Brett Herron and ANC MPL Rachel Windvogel.

Winde Found Guilty Over Undeclared Sponsored Travel

The complaint against Winde was lodged by ANC leader Khalid Sayed, according to the report set to be tabled and debated in the provincial legislature.

The committee found Winde failed to disclose the sponsorship of an economy-class return flight to New York for Climate Week NYC in September 2024. The ticket was valued at about R51,000 and was paid for by the Under2Coalition.

It is reported that the sponsorship did not appear in Winde’s financial disclosure form when he submitted his declaration in February 2025. Winde denied breaking the code and said he attended in his official capacity as Western Cape premier and as African co-chair of the Under2Coalition. He also said the provincial government initially paid for the ticket and that the Under2Coalition later reimbursed the Western Cape Government in April 2025.

The committee recommended a reprimand for Winde. The report also notes he attempted to appeal the finding, but the committee described this as an irregular step at that stage of the process.

In Herron’s case, the committee found he breached the code after issuing a media statement and social media posts about an August 2025 attack on members of the National Assembly police committee in Philippi.

The report outlines that DA MP Ian Cameron and fellow MPs Lisa Schickerling and Nicholas Gotsell were attacked while returning from an oversight visit, with Cameron and Gotsell injured. The committee recommended Herron be reprimanded, fined the equivalent of five days’ salary and suspended from parliamentary debates or committees for seven days.

Herron criticised the process, saying he was not invited to a hearing and that the complaint was heavily redacted.

Windvogel Guilty Over Filming in Health Facilities

The committee found Windvogel breached the code after visiting several Western Cape health facilities between February and May 2025 and taking photos and videos without permission. Some of the footage was later posted on social media, the report says.

It also found her actions breached the Protection of Personal Information Act and provincial rules on filming in health facilities. The committee recommended a reprimand, a fine of 14 days’ salary with half suspended and a 15-day suspension from Parliament on full pay.

All three reports still need to be considered by the provincial legislature before any sanctions take effect.