INkantolo Ephakeme yaseGoli inikeze i-Asset Forfeiture Unit umyalelo wokugcina wokubamba impahla ebiza cishe u-R326 million kusomabhizinisi uHangwani Maumela, mayelana nenkohlakalo esolwa ngokuhilela izinkontileka ezingajwayelekile esibhedlela iTembisa phakathi kuka-2019 no-2022, kusho iNational Prosecuting Authority ngoMsombuluko.

Imininingwane Yokuthathwa Kwempahla Nezinsolo

Izimpahla ezilahliwe zifaka phakathi izindawo zikanokusho eBantry Bay, eSandhurst, naseThree Anchor Bay, kanye nezimoto zikanokusho ezifana neLamborghini Aventadors, ama-Urus SUV, kanye neBentley Continental GT, ngokusho kwemibhalo yenkantolo. Lezi zimpahla zihlobene nezinkampani zikaMaumela, ezithole amathenda angaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-R400 kusukela ku-R2.3 billion ezinkontilekeni ezisolwa ngokungajwayelekile esibhedlela iTembisa.

Uphenyo luqale ngemuva kokuba uBabita Deokaran, owayengumsolwa, ebulewe ngo-Agasti 2021, ngemuva nje kokuba eveze izinkokhelo ezisolisayo esibhedlela, kusho abashushisi. Iziphathimandla zithi lokhu kuphakathi kokutholwa kwempahla okukhulu kakhulu emacaleni ahlobene nenkohlakalo yokuthengwa kwempahla emkhakheni wezempilo.

Ukubaluleka Kwemizamo Yokulwa Nenkohlakalo

UMqondisi Kazwelonke Wezokushushiswa Komphakathi u-Advocate Andy Mothibi uchaze lesi sinqumo senkantolo njengengqophamlando, ethi esithangamini nabezindaba, “Ukuphishekela ubulungiswa kubantu baseNingizimu Afrika kuyaqhubeka, ikakhulukazi ekulweni nenkohlakalo.” I-National Prosecuting Authority ithe umphumela ubonisa inqubekela phambili ekubuyiselweni kwemali esetshenziswe kabi kwizabelomali zezinsizakalo zomphakathi futhi usebenza njengesixwayiso kulabo abenza ukuziphatha okufanayo.

Leli cala liqinise izicelo kulo lonke elaseNingizimu Afrika zokuqapha kakhudlwana imikhuba yokuthengwa kwempahla yesifundazwe neyezibhedlela, kulandela ukukhala komphakathi okwandile ngemuva kokubulawa kukaDeokaran. I-oda lokugcina impahla kaMaumela lakhishwa okokuqala ngo-Agasti 2025, kanti ukuthathwa kwayo kokugcina kwaqinisekiswa ngoJulayi 2026.

Izinqubo ezengeziwe zenkantolo ezihlobene namacala obugebengu okusolwa ukuthi abhekene noMaumela kanye nezinhlangano zebhizinisi ezihambisana nawo zisalindile.