THE National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit (NPA AFU) has obtained an order to preserve various properties which the unit says are the proceeds of illegal activities at the National Lotteries Commission (NLC).
The preservation order includes nine luxurious residential estates to the value of more than R22 million, a BMW 420i convertible and two Ocean Basket franchises.
NPA Spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana said the move to freeze the properties come as a result of allegations of “serious maladministration and corruption” at the NLC.
“This is after the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) was, in terms of Proclamation No. R. 32 of 2020 published in Government Gazette No 43885 of 6 November 2020, directed by the President to investigate certain specified matters listed in the proclamation for the period 2014 to up to now.
“Widespread corruption, fraud, theft, and contraventions of the Lotteries Act were discovered by the SIU against officials of
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