NATIONAL NEWS - A VBS-linked cartel consisting of ANC bigwigs from Limpopo has allegedly been pressurising municipal managers, chief financial officers (CFOs) and politicians who refused to play ball when ordered to invest municipal money in the controversial mutual bank.
Sources told The Citizen the cartel comprises of ANC “top dogs” from the Limpopo provincial executive committee (PEC), and officials from regions who speak the same political language as them.
The Limpopo ANC said it had launched investigations into allegations that certain comrades were involved in the VBS saga.
Provincial secretary Soviet Lekganyane said: “We get worried every time the name of the organisation is mentioned in the same breath as the VBS scandal.
“The ANC is not a soothsayer. We’re only appealing to those reportedly mistreated to come forward with tangible proof and we will not hesitate to take action.”
Last month, the EFF in Limpopo publicly accused ANC provincial treasurer Danny Msiza of holding municipal bosses, council speakers and ANC chief whips hostage. The party claimed Msiza was responsible for wooing local municipalities to invest with the liquidated bank.
Msiza has since distanced himself from the allegations, branding them lies fabricated by individuals waging a political vendetta against him.
He said those who failed to torpedo him at the recent ANC elective conference were responsible for fabricating lies against him. But he said, as a leader, he did not see anything wrong in supporting a black-owned business.
