Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU)

R43m Luxury Empire Seized in Global Scam Crackdown

R43m Luxury Empire Seized in Global Scam Crackdown

A sprawling web of alleged cyber fraud has been dealt a major blow after the…

SIU Freezes R900 Million in Assets Linked to Tembisa Hospital Corruption Scandal

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained an interim preservation order to freeze assets worth…

Tembisa Hospital Kingpin’s Luxury Homes and Cars Confiscated in SIU Raid

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) today conducted a high-profile raid on a luxury property linked…

Where Are the Pictures? Questions Linger Over NPA’s AFU Seizures Linked to Tembisa Hospital Scandal

The National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) announced late Thursday evening that it…

Ex Wife of Chiwenga Loses Pretoria Home and Luxury Cars in Cross-Border Crime Ruling

Marry Mubaiwa, the former wife of Zimbabwe’s Vice President General Constantino Chiwenga, has lost her multimillion-rand property in Pretoria and two luxury vehicles after the High Court in South Africa ruled that they were proceeds of crime. According to a media statement issued on Monday, 28 July 2025, by the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ), the Gauteng High Court declared the assets were linked to money laundering and illicit financial flows. The court order was handed down on 5…

Namibian Bank Accounts of Mpumalanga Couple Nabbed For Illegal Coal Mining in Carolina Seized

The Mpumalanga couple arrested in November 2023 for allegedly mining coal on a farm in the frigid town of Carolina suffered more setback when their eight Namibian bank accounts with a stash of R52 million were seized by authorities. The accounts belong to Jacobus Hosea Jordaan and his wife Elza Jordaan.  The seizure of the bank accounts was a result of joint work by the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Asset Forfeiture Unit, the South Africa’s Financial Intelligence Centre (SA-FIC), the…

Former Lotteries Bosses’ Assets Frozen Over R344m Fraud

Law enforcement authorities have obtained a preservation order preventing former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) chairperson Alfred Nevhutanda and others from using properties and luxury vehicles bought with money siphoned from the lottery fund. The order follows a series of investigations by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) that uncovered fraud and corruption valued at approximately R344 million. The probes found that board members, senior employees, their family members and friends enriched themselves with NLC grants allocated for projects to assist in…

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