A Leaked affidavit from VBS Chair, implicates Malema and Shivambu in looting scandal

Johnathan Paoli

Former VBS Chair Tshifiwa Matodzi has alleged that Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) president and deputy president, Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu were promised and received payments from the bank in return for their silence on the scandal that resulted in hundreds of poor people from Limpopo Province mainly, losing their life savings.

In an affidavit released on Thursday night and circulating on social media, Matodzi claimed that Malema and Shivambu met with him at the party’s supposed penthouse in Sandton, Johannesburg which culminated in a transfer of R16.1 million in stolen funds from the bank, allegedly as a donation to the party.

It must be taken into account that there is no record or title deed of the EFF owning a penthouse in the affluent suburb.

Matodzi further alleged that the money was used to acquire a restaurant in Soweto, upgrades to Malema’s Sandton home, a house for