The Unique Tribunal has dismissed an application by Marubini Ramatsekisa, previous Countrywide Lotteries Fee Main danger officer, to have use of his R1.7-million pension advantage.
The initial order blocking obtain was granted in December 2023.
The decide dismissed Ramatsekisa’s application to hold the order rescinded.
The Special Investigating Device has fingered Ramatsekisa for his position within a R4-million grant to some shelf enterprise, Zibsicraft, for your research to aid the development on the Khoisan language.
R2.two-million of this, the SIU claims, went to purchase residence for the upper Grace Christ Redeemer Church, represented by former NLC Board chair Alfred Nevhutanda, and his wife.
Former Nationwide Lotteries Fee (NLC) Main risk officer Marubini Ramatsekisa has failed in his bid to overturn an purchase because of the Special Tribunal blocking access to his pension money.

The Preliminary หุ้น ชอง 9 buy was granted in December 2023 adhering to allegations that Ramatsekisa orchestrated a scheme that resulted during the NLC shedding about R4-million. He was suspended in September 2022 and subsequently resigned.

Ramatsekisa sought to rescind or change this order, professing it absolutely was sought “erroneously” and granted in his absence.

But Particular Tribunal member Decide David Makhoba has dismissed his software and verified the interdict granted in favour of the Particular Investigating Unit (SIU).

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Choose Makhoba also dominated that Ramatsekisa have to pay back The prices of the applying.

In his the latest judgment, he reported the SIU experienced received an purchase preserving the pension benefit, about R1.seven-million, held by Liberty Lifetime adhering to an ex parte (all at once to another facet) application.

The premise for that interdict was that he had prompted a loss of R4-million to the NLC.

It had been alleged that Ramatsekisa organized a proposal for “proactive funding” to carry out a analyze to assist the development with the KhoiSan language.

The funding — R4 million — was awarded to a business termed Zibsicraft.

The SIU alleges that Ramatsekisa lied about making contact with a stakeholder with the Office of Arts and Society and he didn't ensure that Zibsicraft’s software for grant funding went in the normal procedures. He didn't be sure that the people today associated with that organisation experienced any inbound links for the KhoiSan community or experienced ever finished any get the job done connected with the community.

Decide Makhoba said the SIU had also alleged that Ramatsekisa had made use of precisely the same method in awarding a R5.5-million grant for developing cricket inside the Northern Cape.

These funding jobs were not assessed, evaluated or adjudicated by a distributing agency, but by former NLC Chief Operations Officer Phillemon Letwaba and himself.

Letwaba signed the grant agreement on behalf on the NLC and Ramatsekisa signed as his witness.

Ramatesekisa submitted the interdict really should be reconsidered and put aside.

He claimed there was no proof that he had colluded While using the NLC to siphon money from it. He experienced only executed his administrative obligations as well as SIU had not created out a scenario that he was an “Energetic and inclined facilitator”.

Judge Makhoba reported in these apps, the evidence contained within the SIU software was “regarded from scratch”. The check was whether or not the SIU had built out an excellent circumstance to the interdict it attained inside the ex parte software.

He reported there were “shortcomings” while in the fashion through which Ramatesekisa experienced addressed the funding in the Zibsicraft make any difference. Zibsicraft experienced no credible financial statements, regular processes were not adopted, and also the so-known as “Khoisan community hyperlink” didn't exist.

“The evidence in advance of me signifies which the grant funds weren't useful for the meant objective and reveals a prima facie scenario that the applicant facilitated the unlawful grant awards. He didn't gainsay the factual allegations manufactured in opposition to him,” Choose Makhoba claimed.

SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago mentioned the First interdict were obtained “swiftly” immediately after Ramatsekisa resigned and wrote to his pension fund administrator, giving recognize that he intended to withdraw his pension gain.

Dealing with the allegations, he stated quickly following the proactive funding was approved for the Khoisan undertaking, three folks acquired and have become administrators of Zibsicraft non-gain organisation, a dormant, shelf enterprise. 10 days afterwards, the corporate designed an application for the funding.

“The applying was accompanied by fiscal statements ready for the intervals ending 28 February 2018 and 28 February 2019. Nonetheless, the non-gain organisation only opened a bank account on 19 March 2019, six times prior to it utilized for funding,” Kganyago claimed.

“The SIU discovered that on the R4-million, R2.two-million allegedly went towards acquiring residence for a church named the Higher Grace Christ Redeemer Church. The previous NLC Board Chairperson, Alfred Nevhutanda, and his spouse, Mrs Tshilidzi Rachel Nevhutanda, represented the church within the present to acquire it.”

He claimed the SIU also meant to institute civil proceedings from Ramatsekisa to Get well damages endured from the NLC due to his perform.