The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is intensifying its probe into what it alleges is a R2 billion fraud network that drained funds from Tembisa Hospital between 2020 and 2022.
Acting under a Special Tribunal order, the SIU preserved assets worth nearly R900 million linked to businessman Hangwani Maumela and other accused individuals.
In an October 9 raid, officials seized luxury cars, including Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Aston Martins, along with Maumela’s R70 million Sandhurst mansion. Authorities say his companies received over R80 million through inflated or undelivered hospital tenders.
SIU head Advocate Andy Mothibi vowed to “claw back every cent,” insisting that complex trust structures will not protect those implicated. Earlier August raids recovered assets valued at over R370 million, forming part of 41 ongoing civil recovery cases.
Once concluded, the preserved properties could be forfeited to the state, a move the SIU says will help restore funds stolen from Gauteng’s struggling health system.
