The Mbombela Stadium scandal that South Africa forgot.
April 2006 – Bobby Motaung's company Lefika wins the stadium design tender using a FRAUDULENT tax clearance certificate.
Late 2008 – Council Speaker Jimmy Mohlala begins legal steps to cancel the contract & calls for criminal charges against Motaung.
5 Jan 2009 – ONE DAY before Mohlala is due to lay charges, he is ASSASSINATED outside his home in front of his son. No one has ever been convicted.
15 Aug 2012 – Hawks arrest Motaung & co-accused for fraud worth R920 million. Released on bail.
July 2016 – ALL charges dropped. Case struck off the roll. Witnesses allegedly intimidated.
2024 – Mpumalanga launches a unit to investigate political killings. Mohlala's case is listed. Nothing came of it so far
The late Mpho Mafole, Senior Forensic Auditor and head of Corporate and Forensic Audits for the City of Ekurhuleni, was assassinated on 30 June 2025. He was killed shortly after flagging major irregularities in a R1.8 billion chemical toilets tender, underscoring the growing risks faced by those combating municipal corruption in South Africa.
He is a lot of things, but Cupcake kinda cooked with the Madlanga Commission, I thought it would be a fruitless exercise like its predecessor but wow 👏👏
My theory did say Nozamile killed her self, but I did not think would kill her self, because of Zweli’s infidelity 🖐🏾😭😭🫠. Yeah there’s no way he’s coming back from this, especially with Laz 😬😭🫠. It’s chai for Grumpy unfortunately ✌🏾😬. #InimbaMzansi#INIMBA
BREAKING NEWS | The SAPS’ Madlanga Commission Task Team has arrested a senior municipal official in Gauteng on fraud, corruption and defeating and/or obstructing the ends justice charges.
In a statement issued by police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe, the 50-year-old official was arrested at his home on Saturday morning.