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Thembi Simelane has come under scrutiny for taking a loan from a company embroiled in the scandal that triggered the bank’s collapse
Acting for the MK party, Dali Mpofu said the ANC was only challenging the registration of the party because Jacob Zuma was campaigning for it
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The Economic Freedom Fighters deputy president failed to declare money transferred to him from a company owned by his brother, known as a VBS Mutual Bank beneficiary
The party’s deputy secretary general said the step-aside resolution must be applied without deviation
Former ANC youth leader Kabelo Matsepe set to protest his innocence after arrest by the Hawks
Danny Msiza and Kabelo Matsepe will become the first politicians to be face charges for alleged complicity in the scandal
Phillip Truter, the former chief financial officer of the defunct mutual bank who pleaded guilty to fraud and other charges, will work with authorities on how the alleged heist took place
Top cop says more big players will be added to the list of accused as the state prepares to go to court
The flow of money from VBS Bank would seem to suggest that the EFF’s second-in-command was an ultimate beneficiary of proceeds of a crime
The water and sanitation minister has detailed her department’s moves to combat corruption, but failed to address corruption claims her top adviser
R80-million left the CSOS in two tranches under the pretext of being an investment
Florence Radzilani is claiming R38-million for defamation, loss of income and reputational damage
When Paul Magula testified this week about malfeasance, he should have recalled what he reportedly told the VBS investigators
Community schemes service says money meant for VBS went into an FNB account
The CSOS has been asked to lay attempted theft charges against a service provider who deposited the agency’s funds into his own company’s account
A forensic report has found the Community Scheme Ombud Service investment was reckless
Reserve Bank court papers on looting at the mutual bank implicate more Limpopo officials
Vhembe district mayor Florence Radzilani has resigned with immediate effect over the VBS saga
The ‘Great Bank Heist’ report found that R1.9-billion had been looted from the mutual bank, implicating him along with at least 50 other individuals
It has emerged that several North West municipalities invested R314-million in the bank
Transfers were made from Brian Shivambu’s company for the property in Fourways
The Reserve Bank placed VBS under curatorship in March this year after the mutual bank had experienced what had then appeared to be a liquidity crisis
One of the main lessons from the VBS Bank collapse in South Africa is that audit reports need to be treated with a degree of circumspection
The ANC’s national executive committee has tasked its national working committee with paving the way forward on the VBS scandal
Reserve Bank is second to apply for liquidation and it remains to be seen if this causes a delay
Thanks to massive fraud at VBS there is “no prospect” of any resolution for the bank says the prudential authority
The chairperson of the commission said the VBS saga has seriously damaged the credibility of the party
R5.9-million is alleged to have been paid from Floyd’s brother to Malema’s relative
The Giyani municipality has confirmed that its CFO was fired following his alleged involvement in the VBS Mutual Bank debacle
The total amount is yet to tallied but could reach billions and could hit taxpayers in the pocket
The author of the report sets the wags talking about a reality that at times seems more farcical than fiction