Gauteng · PUBLIC-RECORD DOSSIER
Gauteng Government Land Fraudulent Transfer
R197 millionCivil proceedingsPreserved / restrainedOfficial primary citation
Gauteng Government Land Fraudulent Transfer is tracked with a matter-specific row value of R197 million in Gauteng. The matter is recorded at the stage of civil proceedings 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 Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. The cited source names or links Multiple individuals and private entities to the matter; inclusion here does not independently establish guilt or a final adverse finding.
Record semantics
Tracked row valueR197 million
Amount meaningPreservation value
Amount precisionApproximate amount
Value basisSIU/AFU-stated approximate combined value of frozen assets across two High Court preservation orders (R144 million on 9 September 2022 and R53 million in March 2023 covering Holding 34 Beverley Agricultural Holdings and Portion 296 Farm Zuurfontein 33).
Case stageCivil proceedings
Asset statusPreserved / restrained
Recorded legacy statusAssets Frozen
Recorded date8 March 2023
Matter & assets
Individuals and private entities defrauded the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform by fraudulently transferring government-owned land to private ownership between 2008 and 2022.
Asset / subject descriptionAgricultural holding and farm in Gauteng — Holding 34 Beverley Agricultural Holdings and Portion 296 of Farm Zuurfontein 33
Department / entityDepartment of Rural Development and Land Reform
Court orderHigh Court of South Africa: Gauteng Division, Pretoria — Preservation Orders 2022 and 2023
MappingMapped · Legacy approximate anchor
Location descriptionBeverley Agricultural Holdings and Farm Zuurfontein 33, Gauteng, Gauteng
Named / linked in cited source (1)
Naming/linkage in the cited record does not independently establish guilt or a final adverse finding.
Multiple individuals and private entities
Evidence & provenance
Citation publisher
Special Investigating Unit
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.