UTerry Pheto usabhekiwe ngezinsolo zokukhwabanisa u-R5million we-Lottery Funds

Umlingisikazi wodumo uMoitheri “Terry” Pheto, othokozelwe kakhulu kwindima yakhe efilimini yodumo [Tsotsi], udadewabo uDimakatso kanye nomngani wakhe ongumsiki wengqephu uThula Sindi, bazithola sebebhekene nezinsolo zokungaphathwa kahle kwemali yesibonelelo sika-R5 million ebesiqokwe ukuthi isetshenziswe ukuthenga ipulazi lezinkukhu ezivela kuKhomishana Kazwelonke Yelotho (NLC).

Umbiko wophenyo okhishwe yiSpecial Investigating Unit (SIU) uveze ukuthi laba abathathu bayathinteka kulokho okubonakala kuwukusetshenziswa budedengu kwezimali okuhloswe ngazo ukwenza izinhlelo zentuthuko. Umbiko owethulwe ekomitini lePhalamende lezohwebo nezimboni, uveza ukuthi isamba semali engu-R5 million yabelwa inkampani ebizwa ngeZibsibix yi-NLC ngoDisemba 2018. Nokho, lezi zimali zahlakazwa ema-akhawuntini ahlukene amataniswa nalaba nokwaqubula imibuzo mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwazo ekugcineni.

Ngokwalokhu okutholakele, inkampani kaThula Sindi, iBlack Planet Trading, yathola u-R140 000, kwathi amabhizinisi kaMoitheri Pheto, okuhlanganisa iTsoseletso kanye neSunguti Projects, yazuza u-R3.2 million. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uDimakatso Pheto uhlomule ngo-R124,000 no-R315,000 ngeziteshi ezahlukene.

Uphenyo luvundulula uchungechunge lwemisebenzi, okuhlanganisa nokuthengwa kwepulazi endaweni yaseVaal, okuhloswe ukuthi kuhlomule ngayo uDimakatso Pheto, elinganiselwa ku-R850,000. Ezinye izindleko, ezifinyelela ku-R209,000, zabelwa izimpahla zepulazi kanye nokuthengwa kwemoto.

Ububi besimo bugcizelelwa yisinqumo se-SIU sokudlulisela icala ophikweni lwamacala omphakathi ukuze kubuyiswe isikhwama, nokudluliselwa kobugebengu kulungiselelwa i-National Prosecuting Authority. Ukuhlukaniswa kwezinkokhelo kuthinta izinhlangano eziningi, ezihlanganisa iBlack Planet Trading, iTsoseletso, iPheto Safe neCleaning, phakathi kwezinye. Kwenye intuthuko ehlobene, indawo yokuhlala kaMoitheri Pheto, indlu kanokusho enezitezi ezintathu eseBryanston, isidayiswe endalini.

Izinsolo ziphakamisa ukuthi ingxenye enkulu ka-R20.2 million ebekelwe umkhankaso wokusoka ngendlela ephephile yachithwa ukuze kwakhiwe indawo yaseBryanston, ebiza u-R3 million. Lesi sihlava esiqhubekayo sithumele ukushaqeka kwezokungcebeleka kanye nezamabhizinisi eNingizimu Afrika, okuholele ekutheni kube nezimpendulo kanye nokwenza izinto obala ekwabiweni kwezimali zomphakathi.

Njengoba uphenyo luqhubeka futhi kusaqhubeka ukuqulwa kwamacala, lesisaga sisebenza njengesikhumbuzo esiqinile sokuphoqeleka ukuthi kugcinwe ubuqotho kanye nezindinganiso zokuziphatha kuzo zonke izigaba zomphakathi.