I handed over a memorandum with the party’s demands. I was accompanied by the DA Constituency Heads for Tembisa, Refiloe Ntšekhe MPL and Khathutshelo Rasilingwane MPL.

The DA’s memorandum calls for the following:

1. A speedy process to sell off the seized assets, so money is directly returned to assist hospital patients.

2. Criminal charges against all those implicated in the looting, regardless of their high positions or political connections. The evidence for asset forfeitures should be used to criminally charge Mr Hangwani Maumela and others instead of waiting for the SIU final report.

3. Justice for Babita Deokaran – this means finding and charging the mastermind who ordered her murder, as well as suitable protection and honour for whistleblowers who expose wrongdoing.

4. Widen the investigations to include procurement at all Gauteng hospitals.

5. Public disclosure of all findings, and timely report-backs on the implementation of recommendations.

6. Comprehensive reform of procurement processes to prevent further stealing and ensure that money is spent cost-effectively to improve healthcare.

7. Fire Health and Wellness MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko. She allowed former Chief Financial Officer Lerato Madyo to resign with her pension money instead of being disciplined for suppressing Babita’s exposure of suspicious contracts at Tembisa Hospital. We need a new MEC who will effectively break up the corruption networks and replace all the cronies with competent and ethical people.

See submitted memorandum here.

The corruption is far wider than Tembisa Hospital, and it needs to be rooted out. The reality is that people die when health money is misappropriated on such a massive scale.

Premier Lesufi must stop the stealing and start the healing!

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The court granted preservation orders for a white Mercedes-Benz and a red Volkswagen Polo after finding that both cars had been modified and used to conceal and transport narcotics. The orders were issued under Section 38 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA), allowing the vehicles to remain in state custody pending final forfeiture.

The decision follows two operations carried out in 2023 by the Provincial Organised Crime and Drug Task Team. In the first, police stopped a white Mercedes-Benz in the Bult area on January 6, 2023. A Nigerian national driving the vehicle was arrested after officers allegedly discovered drugs hidden inside the car.

In a separate case on May 5, 2023, along Promosa Road, the same task team intercepted a red VW Polo driven by another Nigerian national. Police again found drugs concealed within the vehicle, leading to another arrest and seizure.

Investigations later revealed that both vehicles had been deliberately altered to smuggle narcotics. Acting Provincial Commissioner Major General Ryno Naidoo praised the police and the Asset Forfeiture Unit for their coordinated efforts, saying the ruling “sends a clear message that criminals will not be allowed to profit from their illegal activities.”

The two cars will remain impounded until the final forfeiture hearing, which could result in their permanent seizure by the state. Authorities say the move is part of a broader effort to dismantle organised drug networks in the North West province.

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The Northern Cape High Court in Kimberley has granted the Hawks’ Asset Forfeiture Investigation team, in collaboration with the National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU), a forfeiture order worth R1.6 million against Mahdi Aki, aged 51.

This followed a January 2024 search by Public Order Policing in Kleinzee, where they found two bags containing R1.6 million in cash and suspected uncut diamonds at a premises linked to Aki.

He could not account for the money, leading to further investigation by the Hawks and AFU. Aki was also charged with possession of drugs and bribery, convicted in the Upington Regional Court, and his sentencing is scheduled for May 28, 2025. The case is part of efforts to combat illicit diamond trade in the region.

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