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Transnet Breathalyser Straw Tender — Pension Interdicts
R8.9 millionCivil proceedingsPreserved / restrainedOfficial primary citation
Transnet Breathalyser Straw Tender — Pension Interdicts is tracked with a matter-specific row value of R8.9 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 Transnet SOC Ltd. The cited source names or links 2 people or entities to the matter, including Lerato Mary Theresa Makenete, Landela Hawkins Madubane; inclusion here does not independently establish guilt or a final adverse finding.
Record semantics
Tracked row valueR8.9 million
Amount meaningRestrained funds
Amount precisionSource-rounded figure
Value basisSIU-stated combined value of Transnet Retirement Fund benefits interdicted by the Special Tribunal; distinguished from R33.5 million contract overpayment claim.
Case stageCivil proceedings
Asset statusPreserved / restrained
Recorded legacy statusAssets Frozen
Recorded date23 October 2023
Matter & assets
The SIU and Transnet obtained a Special Tribunal order interdicting the pension benefits of two former Transnet executives over a COVID-era procurement where disposable breathalyser straws were allegedly repriced from R0.29 to R29.99 each. The overpayment was put at R33.5 million; frozen pension benefits totalled R8.9 million.
Asset / subject descriptionTransnet Retirement Fund benefits of two former executives totalling R8.9 million
Department / entityTransnet SOC Ltd
Court orderSpecial Tribunal order, 23 October 2023
MappingNot currently mapped
Location descriptionJohannesburg — Transnet COVID procurement, Gauteng
Named / linked in cited source (2)
Naming/linkage in the cited record does not independently establish guilt or a final adverse finding.
Lerato Mary Theresa MakeneteLandela Hawkins Madubane
Evidence & provenance
Citation publisher
Special Investigating Unit
Citation type: Official primary citation
Verification: Official primary citation
Source checked: 2026-09-20
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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.
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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.