The Exclusive Tribunal has dismissed an software by Marubini Ramatsekisa, former Nationwide Lotteries Fee Main risk officer, to acquire entry to his R1.7-million pension benefit.
The Original buy blocking entry was granted in December 2023.
The judge dismissed Ramatsekisa’s software to provide the purchase rescinded.
The Particular Investigating Device has fingered Ramatsekisa for his purpose in the R4-million grant to a 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 hazard officer Marubini Ramatsekisa has unsuccessful in his bid to overturn an order through the Specific Tribunal blocking use of his pension cash.
The First ruay order was granted in December 2023 pursuing allegations that Ramatsekisa orchestrated a plan that resulted within the NLC shedding about R4-million. He was suspended in September 2022 and subsequently resigned.
Ramatsekisa sought to rescind or change this order, proclaiming it had been sought “erroneously” and granted in his absence.
But Specific Tribunal member Decide David Makhoba has dismissed his software and confirmed the interdict granted in favour on the Exclusive Investigating Unit (SIU).
Read through the judgment
Judge Makhoba also ruled that Ramatsekisa must pay The prices of the appliance.
In his latest judgment, he stated the SIU experienced received an order preserving the pension profit, about R1.7-million, held by Liberty Existence following an ex parte (without warning to another facet) application.
The idea for the interdict was that he had prompted a loss of R4-million to your NLC.
It absolutely was alleged that Ramatsekisa well prepared a proposal for “proactive funding” to perform a analyze to assist the development on the KhoiSan language.
The funding — R4 million — was awarded to a corporation known as Zibsicraft.
The SIU alleges that Ramatsekisa lied about making contact with a stakeholder with the Office of Arts and Society and he didn't be sure that Zibsicraft’s software for grant funding went throughout the typical processes. He didn't be sure that the men and women connected to that organisation had any links to your KhoiSan Neighborhood or experienced ever performed any operate related to the Local community.
Choose Makhoba mentioned the SIU experienced also alleged that Ramatsekisa experienced utilized the exact same method in awarding a R5.5-million grant for establishing cricket during the Northern Cape.
These funding tasks were not assessed, evaluated or adjudicated by a distributing agency, but by previous NLC Main Functions Officer Phillemon Letwaba and himself.
Letwaba signed the grant settlement on behalf with the NLC and Ramatsekisa signed as his witness.
Ramatesekisa submitted which the interdict really should be reconsidered and put aside.
He explained there was no evidence that he experienced colluded with the NLC to siphon revenue from it. He experienced only carried out his administrative obligations plus the SIU had not made out a scenario that he was an “active and keen facilitator”.
Judge Makhoba reported in these programs, the proof contained within the SIU software was “considered from scratch”. The take a look at was whether or not the SIU had manufactured out a good situation to the interdict it received in the ex parte application.
He stated there were “shortcomings” inside the method through which Ramatesekisa experienced handled the funding in the Zibsicraft issue. Zibsicraft had no credible monetary statements, regular procedures weren't followed, and also the so-called “Khoisan Group backlink” did not exist.
“The proof just before me indicates the grant funds were not useful for the meant purpose and displays a prima facie case the applicant facilitated the illegal grant awards. He didn't gainsay the factual allegations created from him,” Choose Makhoba mentioned.
SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago claimed the Original interdict were obtained “swiftly” right after Ramatsekisa resigned and wrote to his pension fund administrator, offering detect that he meant to withdraw his pension gain.
Addressing the allegations, he said before long once the proactive funding was authorised with the Khoisan job, 3 folks obtained and have become directors of Zibsicraft non-profit organisation, a dormant, shelf enterprise. Ten times later on, the corporate manufactured an application for your funding.
“The applying was accompanied by money statements well prepared for that periods ending 28 February 2018 and 28 February 2019. Nevertheless, the non-profit organisation only opened a banking account on 19 March 2019, six times just before it used for funding,” Kganyago explained.
“The SIU discovered that on the R4-million, R2.two-million allegedly went towards getting residence for a church named the Higher Grace Christ Redeemer Church. The former NLC Board Chairperson, Alfred Nevhutanda, and his wife, Mrs Tshilidzi Rachel Nevhutanda, represented the church while in the present to invest in it.”
He said the SIU also meant to institute civil proceedings against Ramatsekisa to Get better damages experienced because of the NLC thanks to his carry out.