WATCH | 'I had a coffee shop because Ramaphosa had no finance scheme then': Simelane in Sona debate

Human settlements minister Thembi Simelane responded in the Sona debate to the controversy surrouing the VBS bank loan she received for her coffee shop. 

“Yes, I had a coffee shop because Ramaphosa had no finance scheme then. I will apply for it now,” she said.

During his state of the nation address last Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a transformation fund worth R100bn to uplift millions of black South Africans who had previously been excluded from participating in the country’s economy.

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