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S v Chetty — Eastern Cape Social Development R26M Restraint
R26 millionCharges preferredPreserved / restrainedOfficial primary citation
S v Chetty — Eastern Cape Social Development R26M Restraint is tracked with a matter-specific row value of R26 million in Eastern Cape. The matter is recorded at the stage of charges preferred with an asset status of preserved / restrained. Odyssey does not infer that the row value equals the amount frozen, forfeited, recovered or lost unless the cited record says so. The cited matter relates to the Eastern Cape Department of Social Development. The cited source names or links Chetty and others to the matter; inclusion here does not independently establish guilt or a final adverse finding.
Record semantics
Tracked row valueR26 million
Amount meaningPreservation value
Amount precisionSource-rounded figure
Value basisAFU-stated value of assets restrained under a 27 August 2020 court order in S v Chetty & Others; distinguished from the total procurement fraud amount of just under R30 million.
Case stageCharges preferred
Asset statusPreserved / restrained
Recorded legacy statusAssets Frozen
Recorded date17 June 2022
Matter & assets
The AFU obtained a restraint of R26 million in S v Chetty & Others, a procurement fraud case involving the Eastern Cape Department of Social Development. The amount involved was just under R30 million with the restraint obtained in August 2020 and criminal proceedings still pending.
Asset / subject descriptionRestrained assets to the value of R26 million
Department / entityEastern Cape Department of Social Development
Court orderAFU restraint dated 27 August 2020 in S v Chetty & Others
MappingNot currently mapped
Location descriptionBhisho / East London — Eastern Cape Social Development procurement, Eastern Cape
Named / linked in cited source (1)
Naming/linkage in the cited record does not independently establish guilt or a final adverse finding.
Chetty and others
Evidence & provenance
Citation publisher
National Prosecuting Authority
Citation type: Official primary citation
Verification: Official primary citation
Source checked: 2026-09-22
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Entries summarise cited public records, which can include preservation or forfeiture orders, charges, investigations, judgments and settlements. Statuses are source-bounded; inclusion does not by itself establish criminal guilt or a final finding against a named person or entity.
Tracked row value reflects the value referenced in the cited record. The headline is the arithmetic sum of each tracked row’s matter-specific value. Rows can refer to preserved or forfeited assets, alleged scheme or contract values, repayments, restrained funds or other source-defined amounts. It is not a national corruption total, a recovered-assets total, or a de-duplicated measure of public loss.
Some legacy rows still cite documented secondary sources or generic agency pages rather than a direct case-level primary source. Updated manually — may not reflect the latest case developments.
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View the full Corruption Asset Tracker →Entries summarise cited public records, which can include preservation or forfeiture orders, charges, investigations, judgments and settlements. Statuses are source-bounded; inclusion does not by itself establish criminal guilt or a final finding against a named person or entity. Some legacy rows still cite documented secondary sources or generic agency pages rather than a direct case-level primary source. The headline is the arithmetic sum of each tracked row’s matter-specific value. Rows can refer to preserved or forfeited assets, alleged scheme or contract values, repayments, restrained funds or other source-defined amounts. It is not a national corruption total, a recovered-assets total, or a de-duplicated measure of public loss. Updated manually — may not reflect the latest case developments.