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Former VBS CEO ?Andile Ramavhunga. (Gallo)

Former VBS CEO wants to challenge ‘bank heist’ report findings at ConCourt

The ‘​Great Bank Heist’ report found that R1.9-billion had been looted from the mutual bank, implicating him along with at least 50 other individuals

Saica’s members that are implicated include former chief executive Andile Ramavhunga and former holding company Vele Investments chairperson Tshifhiwa Matodzi. (SABC)

Final death knell for VBS, as liquidation application launched

Thanks to massive fraud at VBS there is “no prospect” of any resolution for the bank says the prudential authority

As well as clarifying that the corporation had in fact received payments from VBS, the FDC expressed concern over not having been consulted before the report was released.

Another top VBS beneficiary clears the air

The Free State Development Corporation was third on the list of those who received large sums of money from the embattled bank

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VhaVenda king offers to pay back VBS money

King Toni Mphephu Ramabulana said that if he had received payments fraudulent payments, it was without his knowledge

The author of the explosive report, Terry Motau SC

Outrage greets VBS bank report

Many of those named in the report are taking legal action or protesting their innocence, but its author is standing his ground

Michael Cohen as sentenced to three years in prison in December, after admitting to having paid hush money during the 2016 election to two women who said they had had affairs with Donald Trump. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

New report backs criminal charges against VBS ‘captors’

An explosive report commissioned by the Reserve Bank identifies alleged kingpins in the looting of the beleaguered mutual bank

Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right leader of Brazil’s Social Liberal Party, react during the election in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Bolsonaro openly holds democracy in contempt. (Pilar Olivares/Reuters)

Two more VBS execs provisionally sequestrated

Andile Ramavhunga was provisionally sequestrated, along with Robert Madzonga

In an affidavit, VBS bank’s curator Anoosh Rooplal had named Robert Madzonga as being among the “controlling minds” behind the alleged fraud saga. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Former VBS boss only heard of ‘looting’ after it happened, advocate argues

During proceedings on Wednesday, Robert Madzonga’s advocate, said his client only became aware of the looting on March 11 this year

Tshifhiwa Matodzi, Andile Ramavhunga and Mduduzi Ndzingi (Gallo Images/Sowetan)

VBS head’s explanation of R15m bonus is ‘absurd’, court hears

VBS CEO Andile Ramavhunga became the focus of sequestration proceedings in the Johannesburg high court on Tuesday afternoon

Saica’s members that are implicated include former chief executive Andile Ramavhunga and former holding company Vele Investments chairperson Tshifhiwa Matodzi. (SABC)

Liquidity problems were just the start

Breakdown of the VBS Mutual Bank saga — what you need to know

The chairperson of VBS Mutual Bank

Power struggle rocks VBS bank’s main shareholder

Two Vele Investments bigwigs are at the heart of a power struggle as the VBS fraud saga continues

In denial: Paul Magula, the former head of risk and compliance at the Public Investment Corporation, told Reserve Bank investigators that he received bribes to turn a blind eye to corruption at VBS Mutual Bank

Further PIC bloodletting in wake of VBS looting

The PIC crisis comes as the embattled VBS bank was placed under curatorship in March after Reserve Bank discovered liquidity issues