The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed a Special Tribunal judgment that declared a R4 million National Lotteries Commission (NLC) grant awarded to the Mshandukani Foundation unlawful and ordered the repayment of the funds with interest.
This comes after an SIU investigation which "uncovered serious irregularities in the award and use of the grant, revealing that the funding application was based on a project that had already been completed several years earlier and that the grant funds were diverted to entities linked to the foundation’s leadership".
The Special Tribunal ordered the Mshandukani Foundation, Pretty Shandukani, Takalani Israel Mulandana, Thambatshira Maria Khameli and Preldon Construction to repay the R4 million jointly and severally.
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed a Special Tribunal judgment
The amount will attract interest at 10.75% per year from the date the application was instituted until full payment.
