ActionSA threatens charges against Simelane over VBS-linked loan
ActionSA has threatened to lay criminal charges against Justice Minister Thembi Simelane over the loan she received from a company linked to VBS Mutual Bank.
ActionSA wrote to the Public Protector requesting that the watchdog investigate the issue.
Simelane is under pressure to step down after it emerged that she received a loan of more than R500,00 from a VBS-linked fixer, Gundo Wealth Solutions, during her tenure as Polokwane mayor.
ActionSA parliamentary leader Athol Trollip says the public protector has missed the September 10 deadline to respond to the request.
"This matter is a considerable impasse in South Africa and it cannot be allowed to continue without any meaningful action. I've asked the Public Protector to please respond.
"If she doesn't respond, I will have no option but to go and lay criminal charges, Even my correspondence to the president has gone unanswered. What we don't have is time and space,
“We have a minister who is responsible for the National Prosecuting Authority. This is a crucial impasse, and we need action from this government now.”
Meanwhile, President Cyril Ramaphosa has received a report from Simelane in which she details the circumstances of the loan.
Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said on Tuesday that the president will apply his mind after studying the report.
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