Owayengusihlalo weVBS Mutual Bank engasekho, uTshifhiwa Matodzi, ugixabezwe iminyaka engu-495 ngamacala okweba, ukukhwabanisa, ukushushumbisa imali nokukhwabanisa okuholele ekuweni kwaleli bhange.
UMatodzi, 47, ugwetshwe eNkantolo eNkulu yasePitoli ngoLwesithathu ngemuva kokuwavuma amacala angu-33. Ugwetshwe iminyaka engu-15 ecaleni ngalinye, kodwa izigwebo zizoqhubeka kanye kanye.
Njengengxenye yesicelo nesigwebo, uMatodzi uvumile ukuthi uyathinteka ekuntshontshweni kwezigidigidi zamarandi kusukela ngo-2017 kuya ku-2018, ngokwenza izikweletu ezingamanga kuma-akhawunti e-VBS abe esedluliselwa kwamanye ama-akhawunti.
Ibalelwa ku-R2bn intshontshiwe kulo mshophi, okwaholela ekuweni kwaleli bhange okwacekela phansi omasipala abaningi kanye nababefaka imali ngabodwana, iningi labo okungabakhulile.
ULt General Godfrey Lebeya, inhloko yeDirectorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DCPI), ebuye yaziwe ngoKlebe, uthe ukugwetshwa kwabo kuwubufakazi bokuzibophezela kwabo ekugwetshweni kwezigilamkhuba.
“Sihlale simile kwelokuthi ngeke sikushiye ngaphandle uma sifuna ubulungiswa, futhi lo mphumela uqinisa ukuzimisela kwethu. Lokhu akube yisexwayiso esiqinile kulabo abakholwa wukuthi bangaphunyula ingalo ende yomthetho,” usho kanje.
“I-DPCI ngeke iwuyeke umsebenzi wayo wokuletha izigebengu phambi kwenkantolo. Sibajahe kakhulu abanye abasolwa kuleli cala, nabo bazobhekana nengalo yomthetho.”
ICosatu isamukele isigwebo, kodwa izwakalise ukukhathazeka ngezisulu.
“Lesi sigwebo asiduduzi kangako izinkulungwane zabahola impesheni, abasebenzi baseVBS nomasipala abakhwabanisiwe, izisebenzi nabampofu abagcine ngokucophelela yonke isenti ngethemba lokuthi ngelinye ilanga bayovuna imivuzo yabo noma bashiye imali. ukuze bafundise abazukulu babo,” kusho okhulumela uMnyango uZanele Sabela