Former Lotteries Commission grant manager’s pension payout interdicted

Summary:

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained a Special Tribunal order to freeze a R1.7 million pension payout to former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) Grant Manager, Marubini Ramatsekisa. The SIU's investigation found that Ramatsekisa orchestrated a scheme that resulted in the NLC losing approximately R4 million. The scheme involved the funding of a Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) through a dormant shelf company, Zibsicraft NPC. The investigation also revealed that some of the dodgy funding was used to purchase property for a church, involved in a transaction with the former NLC Board Chairperson and his wife. The SIU intends to institute civil proceedings against Ramatsekisa to recover damages suffered by NLC.