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The ANC integrity commission faces backlash over allegations of factional targeting in Limpopo. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANC

ANC integrity commission faces backlash over allegations of factional targeting in Limpopo

Claims have been made that the commission is being used to sideline political rivals by reviving allegations linked to the VBS Mutual Bank scandal

  • Lunga Mzangwe
8 min read
Fomer Justice Minister Thembi Simelane. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ANC

ANC NEC to discuss strengthening step-aside guidelines, empowering integrity commission

Veterans league president Snuki Zikalala said if members ‘stepped on the toes’ of the integrity commission, there must be immediate consequences

  • Lunga Mzangwe
4 min read
Standing firm: Limpopo premier Phophi Ramathuba won’t remove an MEC linked to the bank scandal and won’t walk back her comment about Zimbabweans receiving healthcare in South Africa. Photo: Frennie Shivambu/Gallo
ANC

Limpopo premier won’t act on MEC over bank heist

The Limpopo premier wants a clampdown on the flow of illegal immigrants into the province

  • Lunga Mzangwe
5 min read
Not in the pipeline: Many people living in Limpopo’s Vhembe district have no council-supplied water. Photo: Lunga Mzangwe
ANC

Life in VBS land: residents of the Vhembe District face long daily walks – and risk attacks by crocodiles –  in their struggle for water

Residents blame councils, not the national and provincial government, for their plight

  • Lunga Mzangwe
9 min read
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula says if the party illegally received any money from VBS Mutual Bank it will be paid back. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
ANC

Fikile Mbalula: ANC will pay back any money if it received unlawfully from VBS

The secretary general also took a swipe at Jacob Zuma says the uMkhonto weSizwe party is a ‘friends of Zuma’ party This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers.…

  • Lunga Mzangwe
1 min read
Former VBS Bank chairperson Tshifhiwa Matodzi’s leaked affidavit alleged the involvement of a number of people in the looting of the bank, including EFF leader Julius Malema and deputy president Floyd Shivambu. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
ANC

VBS victim: EFF wants stolen land returned but won’t pay back our looted life savings

Victims say ANC is “afraid” to act against implicated MEC Florence Radzilani

  • Lunga Mzangwe
9 min read
Standing firm: Limpopo premier Phophi Ramathuba won’t remove an MEC linked to the bank scandal and won’t walk back her comment about Zimbabweans receiving healthcare in South Africa. Photo: Frennie Shivambu/Gallo
ANC

ANC in Limpopo under pressure to choose premier candidates

The province is expected to have a woman premier for the first time This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is…

  • Mandisa Makgakga
  • Lunga Mzangwe
1 min read
Former mayor Florence Radzilani (Andrew Hlongwane/Daily Sun/Gallo)
ANC

Radzilani in the firing line as veterans raise VBS saga in ANC talks

ANC Limpopo chair Stan Mathabatha seems to be off the hook but the jury is still out on his deputy

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
Ramaphosa’s campaign team have steadfastly wanted Gwede “Tiger” Mantashe to roar back into his current position as national chairperson when the conference closes on Tuesday. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANC

The ANC’s antics of adolescence

Lobbying at the party’s conference is akin to the top seven township playground game

  • Khaya Koko
3 min read
Victims of the VBS Mutual Bank (VBS) scandal who lost their life savings say it is ironic that Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members are demanding the return of “stolen” land while failing to pay back the money they allegedly received unlawfully from the bank.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Senior ANC officials to be arrested for role in VBS looting

Danny Msiza and Kabelo Matsepe will become the first politicians to be face charges for alleged complicity in the scandal

  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Emsie Ferreira
  • Khaya Koko
5 min read
Head of the Hawks Godfrey Lebeya during an interview on September 07, 2018 (Photo by Gallo Images/Sunday Times/Alaister Russell)
ACE MAGASHULE

Hawks eye ANC politicians next

Top cop says more big players will be added to the list of accused as the state prepares to go to court

  • Sabelo Skiti
6 min read
(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
VOETSEKANC

ANC still at odds over how to tackle leaders facing serious graft allegations

The ANC’s top six has been mandated to work closely with its integrity committee to tackle claims of corruption against senior party members

  • Paddy Harper
  • Thanduxolo Jika
  • Mail Guardian Correspondent
6 min read
Comrades in arms: (from left) Stanley Mathabatha, Florence Radzilani, Soviet Lekganyane, Bishop Israel Makamu and Daniel Msiza during the ANC’s Limpopo provincial conference in June 2018 in Polokwane. The party has reinstated Radzilani and Msiza, who are among the people implicated in the looting of VBS Mutual Bank. (Photo: Antonio Muchave/Gallo Images/Sowetan)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

VBS looting haunts the ANC in Limpopo

The ANC is facing a revolt over the looting of VBS bank, which took money from poor communities, with warnings of electoral consequences in 2021 local elections

  • Thanduxolo Jika
  • Mail Guardian Correspondent
7 min read
Former mayor Florence Radzilani (Andrew Hlongwane/Daily Sun/Gallo)
FLORENCE RADZILANI

Ex ‘VBS’ mayor wants R38-million

Florence Radzilani is claiming R38-million for defamation, loss of income and reputational damage

  • Thanduxolo Jika
4 min read
Limpopo Premier Stanley Mathabatha sacked the mayors, but the party said they’d remain. (Thulani Mbele/ Sowetan/Gallo Images)
ACE MAGASHULE

ANC fudges over fired VBS mayors

Its reaction ranges from hardline dismissal to pussy-footing rehabilitation and redeployment

  • Lucas Ledwaba
4 min read
Danny Msiza (far right) and two other Limpopo officials are named in court papers. (Antonio Muchave/Sowetan/Gallo Images)
ANC

Text messages show brazen VBS bribes

Reserve Bank court papers on looting at the mutual bank implicate more Limpopo officials

  • Thanduxolo Jika
4 min read
Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha says government will implement all recommendations made in the forensic report to the letter, including the filing of criminal and civil suits against those implicated. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
ANC LIMPOPO

Axed VBS mayors now face possible criminal charges

Mayors from Makhado, Vhembe, Fetakgomo Tubatse, Collins Chabane, Makhuduthamaga, Giyani and Elias Motsoaledi municipalities were fired on Monday

  • Lucas Ledwaba
3 min read
Radzilani previously claimed she not aware that the municipality had conducted any business with VBS Mutual Bank. (Andrew Hlongwane/Daily Sun/Gallo Images)
ANC

VBS saga: Vhembe mayor resigns, 6 other Limpopo mayors told to go

Vhembe district mayor Florence Radzilani has resigned with immediate effect over the VBS saga

  • Agency
2 min read
Rural people are dispossessed and displaced by companies that collect awards for ESG credentials, corporate social investment and sector excellence. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANC LIMPOPO

Limpopo ANC chair promises to deal with VBS-linked ‘cadres’ before elections

Some of those implicated in the VBS report include Stan Mathabatha’s deputy chairperson, Florence Radzilani, and treasurer Danny Msiza

  • Pelane Phakgadi
2 min read
George Mashamba, chairperson of the ANC’s integrity commission. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
ANC

Integrity’s bark worse than its bite

Despite being given more teeth, the ANC’s integrity chair does not believe it can compel the ruling party to take action

  • Dineo Bendile
2 min read