In yet another move of cleaning up the ranks of the governing party, the ANC in Gauteng has referred the two mayors of municipalities who invested money in the VBS Mutual Bank to the party’s provincial integrity committee. The announcement of the referral on Thursday comes in the wake of a decision by the party's Limpopo provincial executive to axe seven of its mayors implicated in scandal. The ANC’s North West provincial executive also gave seven of its mayors marching orders — some in relation to the VBS investment saga. The two mayors in Gauteng, Maphefo Letsie from the Merafong Local Municipality and Boyce Maneli from the West Rand District Municipality, will however remain in their posts during the investigations.. On Thursday provincial secretary Jacob Khawe told journalists that the ANC’s provincial executive committee had discussed the municipalities which had invested funds with VBS. It then decided to refer the two mayors to the provincial integrity committee. “The ANC vie...

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