Former Lottery Board Chair’s R6.3-Million Luxuries Frozen by Pretoria High Court

The Pretoria high court has frozen a R6.3-million Rolls Royce Phantom and a R1-million property connected to the former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) board chairperson, Alfred Nevhutanda. According to the information available, both assets were purchased using National Lottery grant money.

The details of the proceedings reveal that the order freezes four properties in Polokwane and Louis Trichardt, Limpopo, as well as three luxury vehicles with an approximate combined value of R14 million. The court executed the order on 28th September, in line with the 1998 Prevention of Organised Crime Act to combat organised crime, money laundering, and criminal gang activities.

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago explained that the properties have been preserved, pending an application for a forfeiture order. Nevhutanda, on the other hand, had acquired his Rolls Royce for R6.3-million in 2016, while over R4.5-million of stolen NLC funds were transferred in five payments to the dealership.

The Mshandukani Foundation, an NPC led by Mashudu Shandukani, bought the property in Polokwane, Limpopo. SIU’s reports show that Shandukani is also implicated in other Lottery fund siphoning cases. The property itself is registered under a trust that includes Nevhutanda, his wife, their children, and his siblings.

Further, the order included freezing the assets of Meshack Makhubela, Nevhutanda’s son-in-law, over the purchase of a top-of-the-range BMW M760 courtesy of VNMM Consulting Engineers, a company owned by Makhubela.

The SIU continues to investigate over 700 suspicious lottery grants valued at over R2 billion made during Nevhutanda’s time in office.