North West · PUBLIC-RECORD DOSSIER
Caswell Mthombeni Road Safety Programme Restraint — R21M
R21 millionCharges preferredPreserved / restrainedOfficial primary citation
Caswell Mthombeni Road Safety Programme Restraint — R21M is tracked with a matter-specific row value of R21 million in North West. 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 North West Department of Community Safety and Transport Management. The cited source names or links Caswell Mthombeni to the matter; inclusion here does not independently establish guilt or a final adverse finding.
Record semantics
Tracked row valueR21 million
Amount meaningPreservation value
Amount precisionApproximate amount
Value basisAFU/DPCI-stated value of over R21 million in restrained properties and 25 vehicles under a High Court restraint order, matching the alleged departmental loss.
Case stageCharges preferred
Asset statusPreserved / restrained
Recorded legacy statusAssets Frozen
Recorded date11 April 2024
Matter & assets
The North West High Court granted a restraint order over more than R21 million in assets belonging to Caswell Mthombeni and his company in a Department of Community Safety road safety programme where the department allegedly lost more than R21 million. The restraint covered 8 immovable properties and 25 vehicles including a Range Rover and Mercedes-Benz GLE63.
Asset / subject descriptionLuxury properties in Mooikloof Heights; Giyani filling station; 6 additional properties in Limpopo/Gauteng/Mpumalanga; 25 vehicles including Range Rover and Mercedes-Benz GLE63
Department / entityNorth West Department of Community Safety and Transport Management
Court orderNorth West High Court restraint order, April 2024
MappingMapped · Legacy approximate anchor
Location descriptionMooikloof Heights, Pretoria East; Giyani filling station; properties in Limpopo, Gauteng and Mpumalanga, North West
Named / linked in cited source (1)
Naming/linkage in the cited record does not independently establish guilt or a final adverse finding.
Caswell Mthombeni
Evidence & provenance
Citation publisher
National Prosecuting Authority
Citation type: Official primary citation
Verification: Official primary citation
Source checked: 2026-09-21
View cited source →Scope & interpretation
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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