VBS Investor Municipality Rocked By Intimidation Of Vhembe Mayor

LUCAS LEDWABA

A MEMBER of the mayoral council of a Limpopo municipality that invested and lost R300 million in the ill-fated VBS Mutual Bank is expected to appear in court on Monday after allegedly intimating colleagues following a council reshuffle.

Although details of the suspect’s identity have been withheld, provincial police spokesman Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the arrested person is a 38 year old member of the council. Police reports initially indicated the suspect was a member of the Thulamela Municipal Council.

However, Thulamela council spokesman Nndwamato Tshila refuted this, saying the suspect was in fact from Vhembe.

Mojapelo confirmed this saying the complainants in the matter were the Vhembe District Municipality executive mayor Nenguda Dowelani and Thulamela local municipality mayor Avhashoni Tshifhango.

The Vhembe District Municipality which incorporates a large portion of the far north eastern part of Limpopo is among 11 municipalities that invested public funds totalling R2.6-billion