A year after VBS report, the culture of impunity continues unabated
Criminality has been rewarded because of a toxic mix of self-interest and ANC party loyalty
04 November 2019 - 18:16
There is growing and quite understandable incredulity that a year after the release of advocate Terry Motau’s report, entitled “The Great Bank Heist”, which dissected the outrageous and criminal looting of VBS Mutual Bank, no arrests have been made, never mind prosecutions commenced.
The Hawks are reportedly planning arrests imminently, after having to conduct their own investigation into the large-scale fraud, in which 16 poor municipalities were ensnared...
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