{"id":25557,"date":"2020-06-25T11:17:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T11:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?p=25557"},"modified":"2020-06-26T11:19:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T11:19:52","slug":"another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Another suspect arrested linked to VBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PRETORIA \u2013 A 64-year-old suspect is set to appear in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crime Court today facing charges of contravention of the Municipality Finance Management Act 56 of 2003 in the ongoing investigation linked to the VBS Mutual Bank.<br \/>\nThe suspect who was arrested this morning, was employed at Merafong Local Municipality as Manager: Budget and Treasury until his retirement. The investigations revealed that over R50 million was invested with VBS Mutual Bank at the time when he was acting as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the Municipality.<br \/>\nMerafong Local Municipality is one of the twenty (20) other municipalities that invested municipal funds with VBS in contravention of the law.<br \/>\n\u201cI have indicated that the investigations on the municipalities are at an advanced stage. This is the beginning and all the other cases are receiving the necessary attention\u201d said the National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation Dr Godfrey Lebeya.<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Police Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRETORIA \u2013 A 64-year-old suspect is set to appear in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crime Court today facing charges of contravention of the Municipality Finance Management Act 56 of 2003 in the ongoing investigation linked to the VBS Mutual Bank. The suspect who was arrested this morning, was employed at Merafong Local Municipality as Manager: &#8230; <a title=\"Another suspect arrested linked to VBS\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Another suspect arrested linked to VBS\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Another suspect arrested linked to VBS - South Africa Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Another suspect arrested linked to VBS - South Africa Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PRETORIA \u2013 A 64-year-old suspect is set to appear in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crime Court today facing charges of contravention of the Municipality Finance Management Act 56 of 2003 in the ongoing investigation linked to the VBS Mutual Bank. The suspect who was arrested this morning, was employed at Merafong Local Municipality as Manager: ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-25T11:17:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-26T11:19:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"web desk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"web desk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"web desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/12937698c349bfda5a4c6fb4702f4d0c\"},\"headline\":\"Another suspect arrested linked to VBS\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-25T11:17:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-26T11:19:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/\"},\"wordCount\":161,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"General\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/\",\"name\":\"Another suspect arrested linked to VBS - South Africa Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-25T11:17:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-26T11:19:52+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Another suspect arrested linked to VBS\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa Journal\",\"description\":\"Hub for all the Latest News &amp; Updates\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"South Africa Journal\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/south-africa-journal.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/south-africa-journal.png\",\"width\":220,\"height\":111,\"caption\":\"South Africa Journal\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/12937698c349bfda5a4c6fb4702f4d0c\",\"name\":\"web desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0dc5b8a8ea4509f16dc3bccb5148bb38?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0dc5b8a8ea4509f16dc3bccb5148bb38?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"web desk\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/author\/webdesk101\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Another suspect arrested linked to VBS - South Africa Journal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Another suspect arrested linked to VBS - South Africa Journal","og_description":"PRETORIA \u2013 A 64-year-old suspect is set to appear in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crime Court today facing charges of contravention of the Municipality Finance Management Act 56 of 2003 in the ongoing investigation linked to the VBS Mutual Bank. The suspect who was arrested this morning, was employed at Merafong Local Municipality as Manager: ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/","og_site_name":"South Africa Journal","article_published_time":"2020-06-25T11:17:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-06-26T11:19:52+00:00","author":"web desk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"web desk","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/"},"author":{"name":"web desk","@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/12937698c349bfda5a4c6fb4702f4d0c"},"headline":"Another suspect arrested linked to VBS","datePublished":"2020-06-25T11:17:13+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-26T11:19:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/"},"wordCount":161,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["General"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/","url":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/","name":"Another suspect arrested linked to VBS - South Africa Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-06-25T11:17:13+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-26T11:19:52+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/another-suspect-arrested-linked-to-vbs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Another suspect arrested linked to VBS"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/","name":"South Africa Journal","description":"Hub for all the Latest News &amp; Updates","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#organization","name":"South Africa Journal","url":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/south-africa-journal.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/south-africa-journal.png","width":220,"height":111,"caption":"South Africa Journal"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/12937698c349bfda5a4c6fb4702f4d0c","name":"web desk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0dc5b8a8ea4509f16dc3bccb5148bb38?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0dc5b8a8ea4509f16dc3bccb5148bb38?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"web desk"},"url":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/author\/webdesk101\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}