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Court freezes bank accounts worth R111m connected to Hammanskraal businessman Thabo Abel Simbini
By Zelda Venter
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Pretoria - While 31% of employers have not received their September Covid-19 special relief grant and only 53% of recipients have been paid in full, the courts once again sent out a strong message that fraud in this regard will not be tolerated.
In the latest bid to clamp down on relief fund fraud, the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, issued an order in favour of the Asset Forfeiture Unit to freeze bank accounts worth R111 million connected to Hammanskraal businessman Thabo Abel Simbini and his business, Impossible Services (Pty) Ltd.

Friday 27 November 2020 - 6:18am
"Corruption and bribery"
JOHANNESBURG - The National Prosecuting Authority is tightening its grip on those abusing government's special COVID-19 grant.
The Asset Forfeiture Unit was granted an order on Thursday to freeze bank accounts worth R111-million.
They are linked to businessman, Thabo Simbini, and his company named Impossible Services.

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NATIONAL NEWS - The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has issued an order in favour of the NPA’s Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) to freeze bank accounts worth R111 million connected to Hammanskraal businessman, Thabo Abel Simbini, and his business, Impossible Services (Pty) Ltd.
Simbini appeared briefly in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on allegations of bribery in connection with the Department of Employment and Labour’s UIF COVID-19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (Ters), the NPA said in a statement.
“In October 2020, Impossible Services  claimed to have terminated 6 647 employees from their employment. However, the company had only one employee, Simbini, prior to the declarations made to the UIF. Based on these abnormalities, it appears that Impossible Services did not have any employees other than Simbini, who is a director.