Ummeli owakhokhela i-trust yengane ekhubazekile u-R50 000 kuphela wemali engu-R15m yemali ekhokhwa umkhandlu wezomthetho ngenxa yobudedengu besibhedlela angase alahlwe yicala.
Ummeli owakhokhela i-trust yengane ekhubazekile u-R50 000 kuphela wemali engu-R15m yemali ekhokhwa umkhandlu wezomthetho.Ummeli we-Medico-legal uvaleleke ecaleni lokusebenzisa kabi imali
Esinqumweni ebesingalindelekile, ikomidi eliqondisa izigwegwe leLegal Practice Council (LPC) likhiphe ummeli – owakhokha u-R50 000 nje kuphela wemali engu-R15m yesikweletu sobudedengu buka-R15m kwi-akhawunti yengane ekhubazekile – ngokusebenzisa budedengu lezo zimali, yathi ayikwazanga ukuveza ubufakazi. ukusetshenziswa kabi.
Le mali yadluliselwa kwi-trust account yommeli wase-Eastern Cape uSteven Kuselo Gqeba eminyakeni emine edlule. Kodwa-ke, kusho ummeli wakhe, ubengakayikhokhi i-trust yengane – obekuhloswe ngayo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi intombazanyana inakekelwa ngendlela efanele ngemuva kokuba ikhubazwe kakhulu ubudedengu boMnyango Wezempilo – ngenxa yezindleko zomthetho ezingadalulwanga kanye nezindleko.
Ubufakazi obubhekene noGqeba buvele ngemuva kophenyo loMnyango wezeMpilo e-Eastern Cape mayelana nenkokhelo yesifundazwe engu-R3.4bn ngenxa yobudedengu bezomthetho phakathi kuka-Ephreli 2014 noMashi 2021.
Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka uphenyo, izikhulu zithole ubufakazi obuqanda ikhanda bokuthi abamangali abampofu nabasengozini bebengayitholi imali eyayikhokhelwe idlanzana labameli abangenanembeza, kubika iNews24.
UGqeba, okubikwa ukuthi naye wabekwa icala lokweba imali engu-R3.5m Road Accident Fund (RAF) ngo-2023 (wathola ibheyili ka-R15 000) namanye amacala amabili ahlobene neRAF, ungomunye wabameli abathinteka kulolu phenyo. .
Ayikho incazelo
Ngokombiko wekomidi lokuqondiswa kwezigwegwe le-LPC, uGqeba “akazange anikeze incazelo ecacile” ku-LPC ngesikhathi ebhekene nezikhalazo, futhi wayebonakala ekholelwa ukuthi yi-LPC kuphela eyayinomsebenzi wokunikeza ubufakazi bokungaziphathi kahle ngaye.
“Abukho ubufakazi phambi kwekomiti lapho (uGqeba) ekhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi akazange ayisebenzise budedengu imali yekhasimende lakhe futhi, okungenani, akephulanga isimiso sokuziphatha esilawula bonke abameli kuhlanganisa nemithetho yezokubalwa kwezimali.”
Kodwa ngesikhathi eqinisekisa “ubufakazi obungephikiswe”, kwatholakala ukuthi uGqeba wayeno-R718.12 kuphela kwi-trust account yakhe ngomhla zingama-31 ku-Agasti 2023.
Ikomidi livumelene noGqeba “ukuthi uphenyo bekumele lujule ukuze luveze ubufakazi becala lokusebenzisa budedengu”, futhi “ngakho-ke, i-LPC yahluleka ukuveza ubufakazi bokusetshenziswa budedengu kwesamba semali esakhokhwa ngokomyalelo wenkantolo,” kusho ukuqondisa izigwegwe. usihlalo wekomiti uKangelani Songelwa esinqumweni esekwe abameli uTonya Carinus noMzawuteti David Kalimashe.
Ngamanye amazwi, ikomiti alikholwanga ukuthi iminyaka emine engekho kule mali ku-trust account yengane, kanye nokungafuni kukaGqeba ukuchaza ukuthi ingekho, kwakwanele ukuthi kutholakale ukuthi, ngokwemali engenzeka, le mali. ibingasetshenziswanga kahle.
Esikhundleni salokho, ikomidi lithole “ngokulinganisa kwamathuba” ukuthi uGqeba “wephule imithetho eyahlukene yokubalwa kwezimali njengoba abanye babakweletwayo be-trust beshoda”.
Lokhu kwakungenxa yobufakazi bokuthi wayekhokhele abakweletwayo abathembekile (abantu okwakumelwe babe yimali kuma-trust akhawunti ahlukahlukene) ngezinkokhelo ezenziwa kwabanye abakweletwayo. Uchwepheshe uchaze lokhu ngokuthi “ukugoqa kwezimali”.
Yize uGqeba ezamile ukuzivikela kulawa macala ngokuphikisa ubuqiniso bezitatimende zakhe zasebhange, lokhu kuzivikela akuzange kuphumelele. Uphinde wathembisa ukuhlinzeka ikomidi lokuqondisa izigwegwe le-LPC umbiko wophenyo mayelana nezimali zenkampani yakhe – kodwa akakakwenzi lokho.
“Ngobufakazi obuphambi kwekomidi ngokuqoqiwe, (uGqeba), ngokubheka okungenzeka, utholakala enecala lokungaziphathi kahle,” kusho ikomidi.
Akukacaci ukuthi i-LPC izofaka yini isicelo sokuthi uGqeba akhishwe ohlwini lwabameli futhi avinjelwe unomphela ukuba enze umsebenzi wobumeli.
Umbiko wekomidi awunikezi ukuthi yiziphi izinyathelo ezizothathwa ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi isikhwama sengane ekhubazekile siyayithola imali okufanele ayikhokhe.
Kuyaqondakala ukuthi uthola ukunakekelwa esikhungweni, naphezu kokungaqiniseki ngokuthi izoke itholakale nini futhi nini imali edingekayo ukuze ikhokhele lokho kunakekelwa.