THE Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained a preservation order to freeze a luxury property linked to the former chairperson of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), Professor Alfred Nevhutanda.
The order, which was sought by the SIU, was granted after a virtual hearing presided over by Special Tribunal Judge Soma Naidoo on 15 June.
The judge instructed the SIU to initiate civil proceedings against Nevhutanda and Vhutanda “for the disgorgement of secret profits improperly earned” during Nevhutanda’s tenure as the NLC board chair.
“The SIU probe has revealed that the property was funded by NPOs with the money they have received, under the auspices of grant funding, from National Lotteries Commission,” SIU spokesperson Kazier Kganyago said on Monday.
“At the time of the purchase, Prof Nevhuthanda was chairperson of the NLC board.”
Delivering the judgment, the judge ordered a “review and setting aside” of the decisions by the NLC to
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