There are a number of government officials who found themselves on the wrong side of the law in the past year or who are set to face serious charges, most of them related to allegedly embezzling public funds.
Parliament's Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests has found that EFF deputy president, Floyd Shivambu failed to disclose three payments from the now-defunct VBS bank.
The North Gauteng High Court has granted the SA Revenue Service a provisional liquidation order against a company owned by Brian Shivambu – the brother of EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu.