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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The ANC will need time to mull over justice minister Thembi Simelane\u2019s loan from Gundo Wealth Solutions, which is implicated in the VBS Mutual Bank scandal, before entertaining calls for her to step aside, says secretary-general Fikile Mbalula.<\/p>\n

Opposition parties and government of national unity (GNU) partners have made calls for Simelane to be removed from office pending investigations. The calls stem from the ongoing investigation into the VBS scandal.<\/p>\n

Simelane, while serving as the mayor of Polokwane in 2016, took a R600,000 loan from a company implicated in the looting of VBS.<\/p>\n

Addressing the media on Monday in Ekurhuleni, Mbalula said the party did not want to \u201cprejudice\u201d Simelane. He said Simelane would present herself to the ANC\u2019s integrity commission to provide her side of the story.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the point of the ANC, we\u2019ve received the report from the minister. The minister will be subjected to the ANC integrity commission. She will present herself to the commission. On receiving a full account of what happened, the integrity commission will recommend to the national executive committee what must happen to the comrade,\u201d said Mbalula.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have checks and balances in the party and the integrity commission to deal with the matter of Simelane regarding VBS, based on a full account. On the basis of that, we will evaluate what steps need to be taken. We don’t want to prejudice any individual in this regard. We’ll follow the processes of the organisation we’ve set in motion.\u201d<\/p>\n

He confirmed President Cyril Ramaphosa received the report from Simelane regarding the VBS matter, and would decide whether the minister was fit to hold office.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow she\u2019s affected by the debacle in relation to her responsibilities as a minister, playing an executive role in terms of the cabinet, it is the prerogative of the president to deal with whether the minister is fit,\u201d said Mbalula.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat an individual does in the public domain to clear herself in terms of engagement is her own call, and she\u2019s doing it on her own behalf. It\u2019s not the ANC mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simelane last week appeared before the portfolio committee on justice in parliament, where she said the loan \u2014 which she repaid in full, came from Gundo, and that she was not aware of their involvement with VBS when she took the loan.<\/p>\n

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