The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has successfully instituted civil proceedings in the Special Tribunal to reinstate an order freezing pension benefits of the former Department of Agriculture Chief Financial Officer.
Special Investigating Unit spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said the
SIU had approached the Special Tribunal to reinstate an interdict barring the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) from releasing the pension benefits of Jacob Basil Hlatshwayo after the initial order lapsed.
“The Special Tribunal on Wednesday, 14 April 2021 interdicted GEPF from releasing pension benefits due to Mr. Hlatshwayo. The SIU investigations in the awarding of a Personal Protective Equipment contract in the Department uncovered that Mr Hlatshwayo was allegedly implicated in the irregular and unlawful award of a contract to the value of R11.5 million,” he said.
Fired Department of Agriculture CFO Jacob Basil Hlatshwayo s pension benefits have been frozen.
Hlatshwayo was implicated in the irregular and unlawful awarding of an R11.5m contract for personal protective equipment.
The department fired him in October 2020 in an unrelated matter.
Jacob Basil Hlatshwayo, a former Department of Agriculture chief financial officer, will have to wait a while longer before getting his hands on his pension payout after the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) successfully instituted civil proceedings in the Special Tribunal to reinstate an order freezing his pension benefits.
The SIU approached the Special Tribunal to reinstate an interdict barring the Government Employees Pension Fund from giving Hlatshwayo his payout after the initial order lapsed in December.
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A court order freezing the pension of Jacob Basil Hlatshwayo, who was dismissed by the agriculture and land reform department, has lapsed.
The SIU failed to institute action against Hlatshwayo after the order was granted by the Special Tribunal.
The SIU said Hlatshwayo was found to be involved in the irregular awarding of a PPE tender.
The interdict granted to freeze the pension payout of dismissed agriculture department CFO Jacob Basil Hlatshwayo has lapsed after the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) failed to institute action against him.
In December, the SIU was granted a temporary freezing order by the Special Tribunal which prohibited the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF
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