FORMER African National Congress MP Steven Mbuyisa, 33, was on Monday jailed for 18 months for stealing a cellphone to give to his wife as a Valentine’s Day gift. Mbuyisa appeared before Magistrate Lucas Scheepers, who sentenced him to three years, half of which was conditionally suspended, after finding him guilty of theft. Mbuyisa stole the cellphone from a director in the national transport department, Adriaan Crewe, on February 9 last year during a parliamentary committee meeting. His wife, Agnes Sambo, 30, stood in the dock with him, also accused of theft, but was given the benefit of the doubt and found not guilty.