Reports that Justice Minister Thembi Simelane took dubious loans worth R575,600 should be enough for President Cyril Ramaphosa to require her immediate resignation
27 August 2024 - 10:54
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Reports that Justice Minister Thembi Simelane took what she calls loans worth R575,600 from a financial adviser who paid her out of commissions he had earned as part of the looting of the VBS Mutual Bank bank should be enough for President Cyril Ramaphosa to require her immediate resignation.
That the payments to the minister were made — to buy a Sandton coffee shop — are not contested. She insists they were legal but so then does everyone else found in possession of the proceeds of crime.
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Reports that Justice Minister Thembi Simelane took dubious loans worth R575,600 should be enough for President Cyril Ramaphosa to require her immediate resignation
Reports that Justice Minister Thembi Simelane took what she calls loans worth R575,600 from a financial adviser who paid her out of commissions he had earned as part of the looting of the VBS Mutual Bank bank should be enough for President Cyril Ramaphosa to require her immediate resignation.
That the payments to the minister were made — to buy a Sandton coffee shop — are not contested. She insists they were legal but so then does everyone else found in possession of the proceeds of crime.
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