Nkhensani Chauke
ActionSA has on Monday filed an urgent complaint with the Public Protector against Minister of Justice Thembi Simelane, in connection with an alleged loan she took from a VBS Bank investment broker, Rallion Razwinane who is currently facing criminal charges related to the collapse of the bank.
Simelane is accused of taking a R500 000 loan from Gundo Wealth Solutions owned by Razwinane, who is alleged to have negotiated unlawful investments of R349 million into VBS mutual Bank by the Polokwane Municipality while she was still the Mayor in 2016.
The Minister is reported as having admitted to receiving the loan and that she has subsequently repaid it and had proof to that effect.
When VBS collapsed in March 2018, the forensics investigations found that Razwinane was rewarded with R24.2 million for being a commissioning agent for multiple municipalities and state entities.
Razwinane is currently on trial for
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