Ramaphosa appoints special tribunal to recover money lost during fraud, corruption
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed the Tribunal President and six Judges of the Special Tribunal to recover public funds syphoned from the fiscus through corruption, fraud and illicit money flows.
This follows consultations with Chief Justice Mandisa Maya.
Ramaphosa has made the appointments in terms of the Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunal Act of 1996.
Presidency spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, says Ramaphosa appointed Judge Margaret Victor as Tribunal President with effect from Friday, 1 November, for a period of three years.
"The President has also appointed Judge Thandi Victoria Norman, of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court, Judge David Makhoba, of the Gauteng Division of the High Court, Judge Brian A Mashile, of the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court, Judge Andre Henry Petersen, of the North West Division of the High Court and Judge Chantel Moira Jennifer Fortuin, of the Western Cape Division of the High Court for a period of three years starting from Friday.
"Special tribunals differ from ordinary civil proceedings which are adversarial in nature. The Special Tribunal adopts a more flexible and expeditious approach to legal actions. Its proceedings are inquisitorial in nature and characterised by extensive pre-trial investigations."
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