First National Bank said it investigates Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s personal bank accountfor possible exchange-control violations.
Mkhwebane first made headline in 2017 when she ordered that the special Investigation Unit to recover more than R1 billion on behalf of the central bank from Absa bank after the Reserve Bank in the apartheid years gave an illegal “lifeboat” to the bank’s predecessor, Bancorp.
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Earlier this week, Mkhwebane had to fend off accusations that she received money from a Gupta-linked company while working as a diplomat in China.
The allegations mention a payment of R71, 000 into Mkhwebane’s FNB account in June 2014.
The money is alleged to have been sent from an account at HSBC’s subsidiary in Hong Kong.
Mkhwebane has denied the allegations calling the report by online news site Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting, ‘fake news’.
Source: eNCA
