2 July 2020

The South African Communist Party (SACP) in Limpopo Province is fully aligned with the Party's national stance, that as a working-class party the SACP will not associate itself with any decision taken by any formation or organ of state for those implicated in the looting of the VBS Mutual Bank to be reinstated without due process clearing their names. We stand firm in our resolve both in words and in deeds against corruption.

The SACP welcomed the recent progress reported by the Hawks from their investigation into the looting of the VBS, as well as the subsequent arrests and looks forward to more arrests and successful prosecution.

Our affected people lost their funds that were deposited with the VBS. Others, including the elderly and the sick, lost their lives as a result of depression following the looting of their funds. There were families with no funds to give their departed loved ones dignified burials.

The SACP lost its leaders who were killed for leading our campaign for those who were involved in the VBS "great bank heist" to be held to account. There is nothing that will stop us in our determination to deepen the campaign for justice for our people who were affected by the looting of the VBS and to confront corruption, generally. The SACP will sustain this campaign also in memory of our martyred comrades.

We reiterate our call to the investigative authorities to move with speed in hunting down their assassins and the handlers of those assassins and bring them to book. The SACP wants to see them arrested and held to account through maximum sentences.

Issued by SACP Limpopo

Contacts:

Goodman Mitileni

SACP Limpopo Provincial Secretary
Mobile: 082 740 6936,
Tel: 015 297 8128
Email: mitileniw@icloud.com
Machike Thobejane

SACP Limpopo Provincial Spokesperson
Mobile: 082 307 0095
Tel: 015 2978128
Email: machikesacp@gmail.com

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