VBS scandal: Parliament's ethics committee to investigate Floyd Shivambu's role
18 October 2018
Parliament's joint ethics committee is to investigate EFF chief whip Floyd Shivambu's possible conflict of interest in payments he received from his younger brother, Brian Shivambu, as part of the ongoing "VBS heist" scandal.
The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Phumzile van Damme laid a complaint with the Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests after Shivambu, through his brother, was named among those accused of large-scale looting at VBS Mutual Bank.
In her letter to the DA, Acting Registrar of Members' Interests, advocate Anthea Gordon, confirmed that "the matter is being attended to and you will be notified of the outcome of the investigation once the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests has decided on the matter".
Van Damme welcomed the speed with which the committee came to a decision, and wants the hearing to be open to the public. The committee can call witnesses, summons any person to appear before it to give evidence on oath or affirmation, and summon any person to produce any relevant documents.