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South Africa's justice minister denies corruption allegations against her in a mutual bank scandal

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South Africa's justice minister denies corruption allegations against her in a mutual bank scandal.

VBS Mutual Bank was declared insolvent and bankrupt in 2018 after it emerged that more than 2 billion rand ( $112 million ) had been stolen from the bank.

Justice Minister Thembi Simelane is alleged to have received a “loan’ to purchase a coffee shop from a company accused of receiving kickbacks for brokering unlawful investments for VBS from South African municipalities.

She denies any conflict of interest regarding the investigations into VBS' collapse.

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