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Black First Land First march to the South African Reserve Bank

Public Protector’s preliminary report found that ABSA illegally benefited from apartheid cash injections from the South African Reserve Bank

The aim of the march was to also implore the SARB to punish corrupt banks, ABSA, Standard Bank and Investec

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, February 19, 2017/APO/ --

On Friday, the Black First Land First (BLF) movement marched to the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) (http://APO.af/JsJaEi) to demand that the institution act on the Public Protector’s preliminary report which found that ABSA illegally benefited from apartheid cash injections from the SARB.

BLF joined the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) recently in a march to ABSA headquarters (http://APO.af/Y21xVq) to demand that #ABSAmustPay. The Public Protector, Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane, found that ABSA should pay R3.2 billion.

BLF said they wanted the SARB to take seriously and act on findings of the CIEX report, which investigated money stolen during the late stages of institutionalised apartheid. The report found that R26 billion could be immediately recoverable.

The aim of the march was to also implore the SARB to punish corrupt banks, ABSA, Standard Bank and Investec, which the Competition Commission found (http://APO.af/VsZ1A9) had manipulated and fixed the rand/dollar price.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Black First Land First.

Contact:
Andile Mngxitama
National Convenor, Black First Land First
Tel: +27 826783200