More than R52.6m’s worth of properties, vehicles and bank accounts were seized, following a two-year-long investigation into Covid-19-related scams involving the purchase of personal protective equipment.
Six of the senior officials of the Department of Public Works implicated in the R52.6m personal protective equipment scandal applied to have their seized accounts unfrozen, but this was struck off the roll by the Mpumalanga High Court.
On Friday, August 2, six of the accused, whose property and cash were confiscated by the Asset Forfeiture Unit and the Special Investigations Unit, brought an urgent application to the Mpumalanga High Court to have their property returned. On the said Friday, the applicants, Macdonald Sigudla, Dorries Mbatha, Bandile Ngcobo, Godisamang Molotsane and Sipho Monareng, submitted to the court that their bank accounts should be unfrozen as they need access to their funds to look after their families.
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