The Unique Tribunal has dismissed an software by Marubini Ramatsekisa, former Countrywide Lotteries Commission Main hazard officer, for getting access to his R1.7-million pension reward.
The First buy blocking obtain was granted in December 2023.
The choose dismissed Ramatsekisa’s software to contain the get rescinded.
The Particular Investigating Unit has fingered Ramatsekisa for his role in a R4-million grant to a shelf organization, Zibsicraft, for a study to aid the event with the Khoisan language.
R2.two-million of this, the SIU suggests, went to acquire residence for the upper Grace Christ Redeemer Church, represented by former NLC Board chair Alfred Nevhutanda, and his wife.
Previous Nationwide Lotteries Commission (NLC) chief danger officer Marubini Ramatsekisa has unsuccessful in his bid to overturn an order from the Distinctive Tribunal blocking use of his pension resources.

The First hihuay get was granted in December 2023 pursuing allegations that Ramatsekisa orchestrated a scheme that resulted during the NLC dropping about R4-million. He was suspended in September 2022 and subsequently resigned.

Ramatsekisa sought to rescind or differ this buy, declaring it absolutely was sought “erroneously” and granted in his absence.

But Specific Tribunal member Choose David Makhoba has dismissed his application and confirmed the interdict granted in favour with the Unique Investigating Unit (SIU).

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Judge Makhoba also ruled that Ramatsekisa need to shell out The prices of the applying.

In his recent judgment, he stated the SIU experienced attained an buy preserving the pension benefit, about R1.seven-million, held by Liberty Daily life adhering to an ex parte (without warning to one other aspect) application.

The basis for your interdict was that he experienced prompted a lack of R4-million into the NLC.

It absolutely was alleged that Ramatsekisa geared up a proposal for “proactive funding” to carry out a study to aid the development of your KhoiSan language.

The funding — R4 million — was awarded to a corporation identified as Zibsicraft.

The SIU alleges that Ramatsekisa lied about making contact with a stakeholder in the Section of Arts and Lifestyle and he didn't be certain that Zibsicraft’s application for grant funding went from the ordinary procedures. He did not be sure that the people today connected with that organisation experienced any hyperlinks to the KhoiSan Group or experienced at any time carried out any function related to the Group.

Decide Makhoba stated the SIU experienced also alleged that Ramatsekisa had applied the exact same method in awarding a R5.5-million grant for developing cricket from the Northern Cape.

These funding projects were not assessed, evaluated or adjudicated by a distributing agency, but by former NLC Main Functions Officer Phillemon Letwaba and himself.

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

Ramatesekisa submitted which the interdict needs to be reconsidered and put aside.

He claimed there was no proof that he had colluded While using the NLC to siphon revenue from it. He experienced only done his administrative duties as well as the SIU experienced not designed out a situation that he was an “active and eager facilitator”.

Judge Makhoba said in these apps, the proof contained while in the SIU software was “regarded from scratch”. The check was whether or not the SIU had built out a superb circumstance for your interdict it received within the ex parte application.

He said there have been “shortcomings” inside the way in which Ramatesekisa had dealt with the funding from the Zibsicraft issue. Zibsicraft had no credible fiscal statements, usual procedures were not followed, and the so-referred to as “Khoisan Neighborhood website link” didn't exist.

“The proof in advance of me signifies that the grant cash were not useful for the meant function and exhibits a prima facie circumstance the applicant facilitated the illegal grant awards. He did not gainsay the factual allegations created versus him,” Decide Makhoba reported.

SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago claimed the initial interdict had been attained “swiftly” after Ramatsekisa resigned and wrote to his pension fund administrator, providing notice that he intended to withdraw his pension reward.

Addressing the allegations, he stated quickly following the proactive funding was authorised for the Khoisan undertaking, three individuals acquired and have become administrators of Zibsicraft non-financial gain organisation, a dormant, shelf enterprise. Ten days afterwards, the corporation designed an software to the funding.

“The appliance was accompanied by fiscal statements ready with the durations ending 28 February 2018 and 28 February 2019. Having said that, the non-financial gain organisation only opened a bank account on 19 March 2019, 6 days prior to it used for funding,” Kganyago mentioned.

“The SIU found that on the R4-million, R2.two-million allegedly went to acquiring residence for just a church named the upper Grace Christ Redeemer Church. The previous NLC Board Chairperson, Alfred Nevhutanda, and his spouse, Mrs Tshilidzi Rachel Nevhutanda, represented the church from the give to invest in it.”

He claimed the SIU also meant to institute civil proceedings in opposition to Ramatsekisa to Recuperate damages experienced because of the NLC as a consequence of his carry out.