Kwaito legend Arthur Mafokate is being dragged on social media for an alleged R9.5 million fraud referring to the National Lotteries Commission (NLC).
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KWAITO STAR IMPLICATED IN R9.5 MILLION FRAUD
It is believed music boss Arthur Mafokate has been seized by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) after he was implicated in allegations of R9.5 million fraud referring to the National Lotteries Commission (NLC).
South Africans are fuming because the musician is the third high-profile celeb after Tsotsi actors Presley Chueneyagae and Terry Pheto who’re being investigated by the SIU in the previous couple of months.
A tweep @kgadi_ZA requested “Why is Arthur Mafokate not yet arrested?” after City Press revealed that the ka**ir hitmaker’s posh La Villa Rosa visitor home was allegedly bought with cash from the NLC, which was meant for the musician’s nonprofit organisation (NPO), the SA Arts and Development Association (Saada).
@NolenceMashego tweeted:
“We bet national lottery hoping to win jackpot one day, the likes of bo Arthur Mafokate, Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, etc they rob it.”
A press release launched by the SIU on Friday reveals Mafokate’s visitor home which reportedly value a whopping R6 million was seized.
“Saada applied for grant funding to assist unemployed youth in the poor and rural areas of the country, to impact skills in music, business, video, film production, dance, and the overall business of radio in South Africa.”
The SIU acknowledged that the investigation was into lottery cash amounting to R56.3 million and the NLC was reportedly knowledgeable of this mismanagement of funds by Mafokate’s former supervisor Brian Mokoena in an affidavit on the Midrand Police Station in 2019.
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‘ARTHUR MAFOKATE MUST ALSO GET ARRESTED FOR ABUSE’: TWEEPS
Tweeps have now revealed that the self-proclaimed “king of kwaito” Arthur Mafokate must also get arrested for allegedly abusing his former girlfriend, singer Busisiwe “CiCi” Thwala, who laid in opposition to him in 2019.
According to News24, the Kings of Joburg actress CiCi claimed Mafokate dragged her on the road in June 2017 and that she needed to endure a pelvic substitute process in consequence.
@Pamelican:
“If you more than 30yrs old and illiterate enough and not GBV ignorant you should ok now how many woman have opened Domestic violence cases against Arthur.”
@khumo_Leruo:
“Arthur Mafokate posted a caterpillar yesterday saying he wanted to his daughter what he does when she is at school, today his assets are freezed! What happened to “Moja sa gagwe wa iphihla” black individuals generally ai… Eat your cash in secrete, Dont showcase.”
@AluVera2:
“Iyoh! Arthur Mafokate. The moment he became an ANC mascot I knew there was corruption involved.”
@LoyisoTolo:
“Our celebrities are becoming homeless nowadays with these NLC and AFU and SIU probes, first it was Terry Pheto now it’s Arthur Mafokate.”
@kgadi_ZA:
“Arthur Mafokate and sundry seems to benefit from ANC and Nathi Mthethwa projects while other artists go hungry. It makes total sense why Mafokate was often in parliament during Zuma years.”
Mafokate was not accessible for a remark on the time of publishing this text.
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