The National Prosecuting Authority's Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) have obtained a preservation order to freeze five properties worth millions of rands linked to their ongoing probe into fraud at the National Lotteries Commission. The AFU and the SIU obtained a preservation order from the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria last month to freeze three luxury properties, a plot, and a portion of a farm linked to the "siphoning of lotteries grant funding meant for community development projects". Court filings do not say how Mafokate is linked to the property or whether he was involved in seeking funding. Ongoing probeAuthorities have been seeking to freeze assets linked to the lotteries body since late 2020, when President Cyril Ramaphosa authorised a probe into allegations of fraud and corruption. Last year, the SIU notably obtained a preservation order to freeze a R27 million luxury property linked to the former chairperson of the National Lotteries Commission, Professor Alfred Nevhutanda.

Source: News 24 January 13, 2023 12:55 UTC