Zibsimanzi transferred R4.25-million to MDU, which in turn paid R3.5-million to attorneys handling the sale of the house to Nevhutanda. This was within six months of Rebotile Malamane, the second wife of Phillemon Letwaba (he has two wives), and one of Letwaba’s associates, Themba Mabundza, and a third person were appointed as directors of Zibsimanzi. The grant came just six months after Zibsimanzi was bought as an NPC off the shelf and then used to apply for Lottery funding. GroundUp has been unable to find any evidence that the tournament was ever staged and if it was, how almost R5-million was spent on staging it. The NLC approved a grant of R4.8-million to Zibsimanzi on 21 November 2017 for a soccer tournament for elderly women in Phalaborwa, Limpopo. MDU Consulting Engineers and Zibsimanzi, an NPC, made payments totalling R3.5-million towards the purchase of the house. It is not clear why Neo, a service provider to the NLC, would contribute towards the R27-million rand mansion of the Commission’s then board chairman. GroundUp has established that Neo Solutions paid R2-million towards the house. Neo has earned millions from government tenders, including playing a role in the R8.8-billion taxi recapitalisation project. Zondo recommended the NPA consider criminal charges against Natasen. Neo Solutions attracted attention when it featured at the Zondo Commission, when Vivien Natasen, one of two directors in the company, appeared in connection with allegedly corrupt transactions involving SA Express. Following the moneyĬompanies that chipped in millions to pay for Nevhutanda’s house, but were not included in the Special Tribunal preservation order include: Neo Solutions, MDU Consulting Engineers, VNMM Consulting Engineers and Zibsimanzi. Nevhutanda failed to respond to emailed questions. Responding to detailed emailed questions, NLC spokesperson Ndivhuho Mafela said, “The transactions cited in your enquiry are at the heart of the SIU investigation which is ongoing … The NLC will only make a determination after engaging with the final report of the SIU investigation.” GroundUp understands that the SIU would have to apply for Zibsimanzi and others to be added to the existing Tribunal order.
MDU then paid millions to conveyancing attorneys acting in the sale of the mansion.Īnother firm of consulting engineers, VNMM Consulting Engineers, of which Nevhutanda’s son-in-law is a director, also paid millions towards the house. The money from Zibsimanzi was channelled to MDU Consulting, a firm of consulting engineers. The preservation order confirmed earlier reporting by GroundUp.īut GroundUp can reveal that Zibsimanzi, a non-profit linked to the wife of NLC chief operating officer Phillemon Letwaba, and several other private companies that also contributed towards the house, were not included in the Special Tribunal order.Īpparently, this is because the SIU only became aware of Zibsimanzi’s involvement after the order was granted. Between them, the non-profits received around R100-million in Lottery grants, and they in turn, directly or indirectly, contributed millions of rands to help pay for Nevhutanda’s lavish home, according to the SIU. Nevhutanda is the sole director of the company, according to official company records.Īlso included in the order were five non-profit entities and two private companies, as well as 20 people involved with them. The order was granted against Nevhutanda and Vhutanda Investments, a private company that owns the property. Last month, the Special Tribunal issued a preservation order freezing the mansion and its contents. Neo Solutions was paid over R26-million in fees by the NLC, according to NLC commissioner Thabang Mampane in answer to a parliamentary question. (Copied for fair use)Ī private company that has been paid millions for providing services to the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), contributed R2-million towards the luxury mansion of Alfred Nevahutanda, the NLC’s former board chairperson. A photo of the former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) board chair Alfred Nevhutanda’s house taken from an estate agent’s advert.
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