The ANC is facing a revolt over the looting of VBS bank, which took money from poor communities, with warnings of electoral consequences in 2021 local elections
“With the 2021 local government elections on the horizon, it will be an impossible task for the ANC and its alliance to campaign within our constituencies. This is because our people will demand answers on this issue since the arguments advanced so far are condescending, offensive and irrational,” reads the letter.
The ANC has been at pains to explain the controversial decision, which came a week after the National Prosecuting Authority began to move against those people implicated in the looting of R2-billion from the bank.In a letter sent to Magashule on Thursday, Cosatu secretary in Limpopo, Gerald Twala, turned down the invitation, citing the lack of proper consultation.
“The NEC is the highest decision-making body in between conferences and it has a right to review its decisions and that is what it has done here [by reinstating Msiza and Radzilani]. We can’t charge people based on SMSes,” said the insider. In late 2018 the ANC’s provincial task team, which was appointed after the Provincial Executive Committee was disbanded, had recommended to the ANC NEC that action should also be taken against the mayors of the four municipalities that had deposited money into VBS. “Unfortunately, the PTT was dissolved after the elections, but the NEC had been engaged that the mayors should be held accountable. There was a clear political pressure that the monies should be invested with VBS.
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