, submitted for the four-day soccer tournament included some eye-watering line items, including R1.2-million for prizes, R500,000 for “event management” and R380,000 for “sound and stage” and “DJs and musicians”.
The budget also made provision for R150,000 each for transport and accommodation, R30,000 for “flowers and decorations” and R285,000 for catering. Zibsimanzi’s full grant was paid out within days of the funding agreement being approved, Special Investigating Unit Chief National Investigations Officer Leonard Lekgetho told Parliament in September. A total of R3-million was then transferred in November 2017 to MDU Consulting Engineers, one of several companies which chipped in to helpThe SIU has obtained a preservation order from the Special Tribunal freezing the house and its furniture.SkX battled to get information from Zibsimanzi.
After unsuccessful attempts to get face-to-face interviews to get clarity on the company’s income statements, SkX prepared written questions, and the NLC wrote to Zibsimanzi’s lawyers invoking clauses in the Lottery grant agreement, to try to force them to disclose the requested information and submit to interviews.
In one of the questions, SkX pointed out that a clause in the grant agreement with the NLC specifically asked whether any of the members of Zibsimanzi had “any relationship other than as the applicants of the grant with any official of the NLC”. And, referring to a
The tournament was intended to “motivate people to stay alive during the festive season” 😂