South Africa: ANC, SACP feel pressure to act against those implicated in VBS saga

Venda traditional leader Chief Livhuwani Matsila believes that it is especially important for the ANC to disregard the party’s step-aside guidelines and immediately discipline members who are believed to have somehow aided the looting of the now-defunct VBS Mutual Bank.

The Ha-Matsila Village is in the Vhembe District, where many VBS depositors reside, which prompted the chief to take a strong stand against the looting of the bank.

Matsila, who is also the secretary of the ANC’s…