Fikile Mbalula says returning VBS fuunds is the right thing to do
African National Congress Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the ANC will pay back any funds it receives if it is found to have benefited from the collapse of the VBS mutual bank.
Speaking at a briefing ahead of the party’s National Executive Committee in Johannesburg on Thursday, Mbalula responded to questions about ANC members allegedly implicated in the VBS scandal.“If the ANC got money from VBS that money must be returned. This includes claims that there was money given to Zweli Mkhize. He has given us a report on that matter,” Mbalula said.
“If the money has gone inside the ANC coffers there is a decision by the NEC that we will return the money,” Mbalula said.had also told the media that the party would pay back all monies received from VBS should there be evidence that the funds had gone into the EFF’s bank account.recently, Mpofu said the party had not received funds directly from VBS, but did not rule out the possibility that they could have come from another source.
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