Celani Sikhakhane
The lead singer and Kwela Tebza pennywhistle player has been praised for exposing controversial businessman Hamilton Ndlovu by posting his fleet of high-end luxury cars in 2020.
Tebogo Lerole, who is also an ex-boyfriend of Mzansi socialite Khanyi Mbau, shared pictures of Ndlovu’s fleet on Twitter, congratulating him.
He said Ndlovu brought the whole dealership home: a Porsche Panamera GTS Turismo for his children, Porsche 911 for himself, Jeep Hawk for his father, Porsche Cayenne GTS for his mother and Lamborghini Urus SUV for his wife, spending R11 million in a day.
This is after Ndlovu was unlawfully awarded a R171 million Protective Personal Equipment (PPE) tender.
Ndlovu only spent R15 million on PPE and took the rest on a shopping spree.
This week the judge of the Special Tribunal court, Judge Lebogang Modiba, banned Ndlovu from ever doing business with the state again.
She also commended the posting of these luxury cars on Twitter as the act that exposed corruption and saved Sars from doing more work to investigate Ndlovu.
“Apparently there are people at Sars who have trouble following social media. They looked into his (Ndlovu) tax affairs and they were impressed that Ndlovu had spared them the burden of reading any tax returns from 2016,” the judgement reads.
As soon as the judgement was announced, Twitter was abuzz again, with many people commending Lerole for being a hero in a fight against corruption.
“If it wasn’t for this gentleman (Lerole), we wouldn’t have the Hamilton Ndlovu video and likely the money wouldn’t have been recovered,” Kgadi wrote on Twitter.
Fisherman said, “Just like the pennywhistle he excellently played. He excellently played Hamilton to trouble.”
The court has ordered the Special Investigating Unit to auction Ndlovu’s properties, worth R32 million, and forfeit R10 million to the state. Then the outstanding amount will be R116 million.
Ndlovu told the Daily News that he still has to study the judgement but he feels he is being used as a scapegoat because he is a young black businessman.
