For the record, one was for nicking a can of Coke for which he apparently was fined R500, and the other conviction we simply don't know the details because he "can't remember" except that it also attracted a fine of R500.
Perhaps he was bust stealing a couple of million from Eskom, Transnet, SAA or any one of the other taxpayer-funder piggy-banks that are habitually dipped into?
Who's to know, since at least some of his erstwhile colleagues still sitting in cabinet have been party to the theft of at least tens of billions of rands in these years of state capture and they haven't even been hit with a R500 fine. That would be like throwing the book at them in these days of impunity.
So, let's tally up the personal attributes of our former deputy minister of basic education shall we? Thief, woman-beater and liar.
Now, that's a CV that's so perfect for our current cabinet it is hard to imagine why he ever thought it necessary to resign.