Meanwhile, Zuma reportedly used a VBS bond in September 2016 to pay back a portion of funds wrongfully used to upgrade his Nkandla homestead that he was ordered to repay by the Constitutional Court. Media reports have also suggested that the bank gifted Zuma an R8.5m bond which he could not afford.
Since Ramabulana was revealed as allegedly being involved in the looting of VBS, in October he offered to repay"any amount which will be shown to have been the proceeds of illegalities". He said he had read the report, but did not entirely deny receiving money from the bank, though he did suggest the amount listed was wrong.
"In my capacity as the king of the VhaVenda people‚ I receive various grants including financial support from various individuals and entities. Any such receipts I deem them to be legitimate‚ untainted‚ and bona fide support to the responsibilities I hold in relation to VhaVenda people," Ramabulana said.
"Any such amounts as may be shown to have been payments flowing from the fraudulent and/or criminal sources involving VBS‚ I would have received without knowledge of the criminal wrongdoing which the report identifies‚" he added. However, his status as the VhaVenda king has been under scrutiny for years, leading up to Friday’s ruling at the SCA. Princess Masindi Mphephu challenged her uncle's succession to the throne as the daughter of the previous king. In her application to the Thohoyandou High Court, she claimed she was sidelined because she is a woman, and that the traditional council’s approach to the appointment of the king was unconstitutional.
Wasn’t Venda a Bantustan?
We're waiting for that title deed
What next for the Fake King?🙈🙈 Does he return all the monies he earned during this period. How does he compensate his niece as the rightful Venda Queen Mother? The poor young lady was robbed and must be compensated
TheRealClementM we are not surprised by this counterrevolution decision by a factional court. Their obsession with President Zuma is beyond imagination. This king had been recommended by a commission chaired by a judge
Harmony and peace need to be maintained by bogosi. It seems we are losing it. There were respectable women kgosi's like Modjadji and Gopane who were respected by their subjects without using courts
BLF_Lindsay BLF_SouthAfrica ZaneleLwana We r Africans. Our quarrels must be solved by us not the western justice system. The Venda people are a Nation, a Nation that has her own rules. They must solve their disagreements not the court of law. EFFSouthAfrica MYANC
It's saddening to find out that Black people do not know how kingship/chieftainship is resolved. Eurocentric courts are the only way of perpetuating colonialism. Boora Mphephu bake a? Kgotla e kae. Is Contralesa still there for us.
That was the looting of VBS
No surprises there even Zuma can today it Friday journalist and judges would sayy is lying
There was a dispute even by the time Zoomer put Toni. The deal was to squander VBS money, and the mission is now accomplished.
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