The brother of the former COO of the Lottery is seeking to overturn a preservation order on three properties.
The paper trail indicates that this R3 million towards the house purchase ultimately came from Lottery grant money. Entrance to a house in Bryanston that is at the centre of a dispute between people implicated in dodgy Lottery grants and ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula.Besides the Bryanston house, the Tribunal also froze two other properties linked to Letwaba, including Malomane's own home in a luxury Pretoria gated estate. This, after hearing evidence from the National Prosecuting Authority Assets Forfeiture Unit that they were all bought with money syphoned from lottery grants.
Hasane previously told GroundUp:"The minister has nothing to do with the mentioned property. Any intention to buy it in the past did not happen. Therefore, the questions about this property are best placed for answers by the owners of the property and must be referred to them. The minister cannot account for a property that he does not own."
Letwaba claimed in his affidavit that"the understanding … even though this was not reduced to writing, [was] that Upbrand will hold the property until such time as the R3 million was repaid". In her affidavit, Malomane wrote:"I further confirm that Ironbridge never entered into a written loan agreement with Mr Mbalula. The logical explanation, therefore, being that in the event of his default, Upbrand would utilise the property to recover any outstanding monies, it acquired a real right as being the registered owner of the property.
Mbalula, in an unclear response to GroundUp, appears to deny ever having moved onto the property. He did not answer specific questions from GroundUp regarding the allegations in either Letwaba or Malomane's affidavits.In a telephone interview, Siweya claimed that the affidavits by Malomane and Johannes Letwaba were an"attempt by Phillemon [Letwaba] to try and drag everyone into his problems".
"She was never contracted. I am not sure why Lulamisa might have paid Ironbridge money. Perhaps someone else made these payments. I’ll have to check."