Malema should be charged with money laundering: AfriForum
Updated | By Neo Motloung
AfriForum believes that Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Leader, Julius Malema should face money laundering chargers.
AfriForum believes that Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Leader, Julius Malema should face money laundering chargers.
In October of this year, the lobby grouped served the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) with paper to force the organization to persecute Malema.
This is in relation to the fraud charges relating to a Limpopo department roads of transport tender.
However, AfriForum’s bid to prosecute to prosecute Malema hit a snag when NPA’s Acting Director of Public Prosecutions in Gauteng Division, George Baloyi declines to prosecute Malema.
READ: Malema prosecution a ‘witch-hunt’
AfriForum believes the decision not to prosecute Malema is irrational and not in accordance with the law.
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Nel believes the purchase of the farm Schuilkraal was signed by Malema and instructed the registration of the in the name of the Ratang Trust.
He explains the money to purchase the farm was syphoned from the Limpopo department roads of transport.
However shortly before the registration of the property the instruction was changed, to reflect the ownership in the name of Gwama properties.
He adds this prompted the poppy group to look into the timeline of the transactions.
Nel adds the first payments towards the purchase of the farm was made in May 2011.
“The story broke in the Mail and Guardian newspaper on 5 August 2011 and tellingly the that farms was registered in the name of Gwama Properties on 31 August 2011,” says Nel.
According to the lobby group the bank state to of On-Point reflect that a payment of R1 million was made on the 4 May 2011 under the reference “Ratanang Farm”.
AfriForum believes this transaction proves Malema used the funds from the provincial department of roads and transport for his own benefit.
The lobby group says On-Point’s main source of income were the payments made to if from the roads and transport department.
“For us that should be investigated, that should form part of a court matter especially thinking of a charge of money laundering.”
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