By Thapelo Molefe
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has secured a preservation order to freeze the assets of an Eskom employee and his family following an investigation into an “alleged bribery and corruption scheme” involving a R54 million tender.
The order, granted by Special Tribunal President Judge Margaret Victor, targets an Eskom surveyor and project manager Johannes Seroke Mfalapitsa, his spouse Ndiyafhi Denge, and associated individuals.
It prevents them from “selling, disposing, leasing, encumbering, transferring, donating, or dealing in any manner whatsoever” with the assets while the SIU pursues civil action to recover the state’s losses.
According to the SIU, Mfalapitsa allegedly received payments through a network of family and associates.
“Over R8 million in payments were made to him and his family from companies unlawfully favoured in a R54 million tender,” SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said in a statement on Tuesday.
Investigators found that Mfalapitsa acted as the “Employer’s
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