It has been almost three months since it emerged that Thembi Simelane, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s justice minister, received a “loan” from a dodgy supplier linked to the collapse of VBS Mutual Bank in Limpopo. Yet, no action has been taken against her.

By the time you read this editorial, Ramaphosa, who has received all the documents he asked for from Simelane, would have arrived in Russia to attend the annual summit of Brics+ leaders...

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