Hawks too scared to arrest Mandela’s grandson for fraud – report
According to the report, a case of fraud was opened against Zondwa Mandela, who is a director of Aurora, in 2012 after he deposited two fraudulent cheques into the account of a lawyer representing the company he wanted to purchase shares from.
“Both cheques bounced,” said Hawks spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi.
While the Aurora account only had a balance of just over R30 000, Mandela wrote two checks valued at R4.9 million and R550 000.
A report on the matter claims investigating officers were unable to contact Mandela to obtain his warning statement. But, a source close to the investigation told the paper they were too afraid to bring him in for questioning because of his name.
“No one wants to touch a Mandela. They claimed they have looked for him at Mandela’s residence in Houghton and at the Nelson Mandela Foundation offices, but could not find him. That’s just a silly excuse,” said the source.
“Zondwa lives in Johannesburg. If they are serious about finding him, it won’t even take a day. Imagine it has taken close to four years. It just doesn’t make sense. Why can’t they subpoena him like any other person?”
Mulaudzi told the Star they made arrangements with Mandela’s lawyers this week to organise a meeting, but Mandela’s lawyer has denied this.
“There has never been any arrangement for my client to meet the Hawks. I don’t know anything about any investigation against my client,” said Mandela’s lawyer, David Swartz.
