{"id":45722,"date":"2025-12-23T20:50:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45722"},"modified":"2025-12-23T20:50:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:50:21","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsiu-freezes-pretoria-home-linked-to-late-presley-chweneyagae-in-nlc-corruption-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/23\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsiu-freezes-pretoria-home-linked-to-late-presley-chweneyagae-in-nlc-corruption-case\/","title":{"rendered":"SIU freezes Pretoria home linked to late Presley Chweneyagae in NLC corruption case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_181697\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181697\" class=\"wp-image-181697 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SIU-freezes-Pretoria-home-linked-to-late-Presley-Chweneyagae-in.jpg?resize=600%2C387&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SIU-freezes-Pretoria-home-linked-to-late-Presley-Chweneyagae-in.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Presley-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-181697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Late actor Presley Chweneyagae<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained a court order to preserve a Pretoria property linked to the late actor Presley Chweneyagae as part of an ongoing probe into alleged corruption involving the National Lotteries Commission (NLC).<\/p>\n<p>The preservation order was granted on 18 December by Judge M Victor and affects a property connected to Chweneyagae\u2019s estate, his widow Charlaine Christinah Chweneyagae, and several co-respondents named in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The order also cites Alfred Muzwakhe Sigudla, the Southern African Youth Movement NPO and Domestic Baboon (Pty) Ltd among those implicated.<\/p>\n<p>Under the order, the property may not be sold, transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of while the SIU finalises its civil case.<\/p>\n<p>The investigative body has been given 60 court days to institute formal civil proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, the house was allegedly purchased using close to R889,000 that was unlawfully diverted from a R15 million NLC grant.<\/p>\n<p>The funding was originally intended to support youth arts development programmes.<\/p>\n<p>The SIU claims the grant was approved for the Southern African Youth Movement and routed through Domestic Baboon, a company wholly owned by Chweneyagae, before being used to acquire the private residence instead of serving its stated purpose.<\/p>\n<p>The unit has indicated that should evidence of criminal conduct emerge during the investigation, the matter may be referred to the National Prosecuting Authority for possible prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation forms part of a broader probe into alleged corruption at the National Lotteries Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The SIU was authorised by President Cyril Ramaphosa under Proclamation R32 of 2020 to investigate maladministration and recover public funds lost through unlawful activities linked to the NLC.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#SIU #freezes #Pretoria #home #linked #late #Presley #Chweneyagae #NLC #corruption #case<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Late actor Presley Chweneyagae The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained a court order to preserve a Pretoria property&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45724,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45722\/revisions\/45724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}