While Parliament seeks legal advice on the legality of asking Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Thembi Simelane to provide it with a loan agreement at the centre of allegations of corruption against her, more calls have surfaced for her to step down to make way for a formal investigation into her links to VBS Mutual Read more >
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PRESS RELEASES
The second wave of arrests of individuals involved in the looting of VBS Mutual Bank, this time focused on municipal officials, represents an important step towards holding accountable those responsible for one of the most blatant abuses of resources intended for the provision of basic services. The first arrest in this second phase took place Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
It started off as a small, wholly black-owned specialist corporate finance and retail bank, established in 1982. Today it is at the centre of what financial analyst Stuart Theobald, speaking this morning on the Classic Business Breakfast show, called “the most shocking example of bank fraud in South Africa’s history”. The Venda Building Society, now Read more >