A legal advocacy group, Freedom Under Law, expresses dissatisfaction with President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision not to dismiss Thembi Simelane, a Cabinet minister accused of corruption. Simelane, now in charge of justice, was previously under scrutiny for allegedly benefiting from fraudulent loans from the defunct VBS Mutual Bank.
CAPE TOWN - Legal advocacy group, Freedom Under Law , says it believes President Cyril Ramaphosa erred in exercising his executive authority by not firing Cabinet minister, Thembi Simelane ., who has been in charge of human settlements and now moves to justice in Ramaphosa's first mini-shuffling of his Cabinet in the new administration.
"We also note that the president's statement regarding the reshuffle last night came without any proper justification nor did it provide any details of the report regarding Ms Simelane's conduct, which the president has had in his possession since mid-September." On Tuesday, the VBS corruption allegations were compounded by a Scorpio investigative unit audit of Simelane's lifestyle during her tenure as Polokwane mayor.
"At a time when the justice system is under serious pressure and our institutions are struggling to repurpose themselves after a decade of state capture, the new minister will need to do much to prove that she's up to the task."
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