It is with great elation that, on the day of the resumption of the VBS case today at the Gauteng North High Court, a parliamentary finding from the Ethics Committee that confirms allegations related to high-ranking officials from the EFF in the VBS case is finalised. We welcome this Ethics Committee finding.
Years after the Motau Report on this Venda Building Society bank heist, nothing has really happened to get this matter to trial. Now it seems the wheels of justice are grinding vigorously to bring all the accused to book and to ensure that these corrupt high-ranking officials are dealt with as speedily as humanly possible.
Corruption must be declared as public enemy number one, and South Africa and South Africans must take a zero-tolerance approach to any and all corruption.
While the poor and vulnerable victims of this heist wait with anticipation for justice, and some of the victims have passed away already, the culprits responsible for this heinous crime have continued their lives normally. The sanctions imposed by this finding will ensure that it’s not business as usual for those implicated in this VBS scandal that has ruined the lives of many vulnerable communities across the country but in Limpopo in particular.
As an ActionSA government, it will be our priority to establish specialised anti-corruption courts to expedite the prosecution of corruption cases and establish a culture of accountability as resolved at our inaugural policy conference last month. We will ensure that resources meant for the public good are no longer plundered by unethical politicians, civil servants, and tenderpreneurs.
We will be following the trial with great interest to see whether the criminal justice system of this country will deliver justice to the poor and downtrodden who lost money in this evil heist.
We firmly believe the scale of corruption in South Africa has cost our country and its people dearly. We continue to empathise with the old men and women of Vhembe who lost their life savings to a greedy young elite that captured the bank and took liberties with its money belonging to ordinary clients who had no control of their money.
VBS Heist: ActionSA Welcomes Parliamentary Ethics Committee Finding & Resumption of VBS Trial
It is with great elation that, on the day of the resumption of the VBS case today at the Gauteng North High Court, a parliamentary finding from the Ethics Committee that confirms allegations related to high-ranking officials from the EFF in the VBS case is finalised. We welcome this Ethics Committee finding.
Years after the Motau Report on this Venda Building Society bank heist, nothing has really happened to get this matter to trial. Now it seems the wheels of justice are grinding vigorously to bring all the accused to book and to ensure that these corrupt high-ranking officials are dealt with as speedily as humanly possible.
Corruption must be declared as public enemy number one, and South Africa and South Africans must take a zero-tolerance approach to any and all corruption.
While the poor and vulnerable victims of this heist wait with anticipation for justice, and some of the victims have passed away already, the culprits responsible for this heinous crime have continued their lives normally. The sanctions imposed by this finding will ensure that it’s not business as usual for those implicated in this VBS scandal that has ruined the lives of many vulnerable communities across the country but in Limpopo in particular.
As an ActionSA government, it will be our priority to establish specialised anti-corruption courts to expedite the prosecution of corruption cases and establish a culture of accountability as resolved at our inaugural policy conference last month. We will ensure that resources meant for the public good are no longer plundered by unethical politicians, civil servants, and tenderpreneurs.
We will be following the trial with great interest to see whether the criminal justice system of this country will deliver justice to the poor and downtrodden who lost money in this evil heist.
We firmly believe the scale of corruption in South Africa has cost our country and its people dearly. We continue to empathise with the old men and women of Vhembe who lost their life savings to a greedy young elite that captured the bank and took liberties with its money belonging to ordinary clients who had no control of their money.