Overview
- Arena Holdings placed Makhudu Sefara on special leave on Tuesday and named deputy editor Mike Siluma as acting editor.
- The Special Investigating Unit says a 2018 National Lotteries Commission grant to Todi Media was diverted, with R550,000 paid to Unscripted Communication and R900,000 routed via Black Dangaree toward a property purchase.
- The SIU reports recovering R1.5 million from Todi in late March and says it will refer Todi and Black Dangaree to the National Prosecuting Authority for alleged money laundering.
- A second grant to Zibsiflo drew large transfers to Black Dangaree and lawyers, and the SIU says Zibsiflo has repaid the full R1.7 million.
- Sefara denies wrongdoing, says the funds covered a December 2018 community media workshop in Boksburg, and both Arena and SANEF have commissioned independent reviews while the DA calls for full transparency and disclosure.