Staff Reporter
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has been granted a preservation order to block a pension payment of R500 000 due to former KwaZulu-Natal National Lotteries Commission (NLC) official Sibonelo Vilakazi.
SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said the order followed an SIU investigation that found Vilakazi “exploited his position to enable his spouse, Nosipho Zanele Zuma, to receive 48 payments totalling R31.2 million from entities benefiting from NLC grants”.
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The funds were funnelled through Zuma’s company, ZZET Enterprises, and used to purchase luxury vehicles and properties, including two Toyota Quantum’s, a Toyota Hilux, and two properties.
Kganyago said that a Financial Intelligence Centre report found that ZZET Enterprises received multiple electronic fund transfer payments from several care centres and football clubs of approximately R 32 259 707.
SIU investigations found that over 400 care centres
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