The non-profit organisation that received a R15.9m grant to build a multipurpose sports facility in Limpopo in honour of the late middle-distance runner Mbulaheni Mulaudzi says it would need R70m more to complete the project, which has collapsed into a grazing area for goats.
The Special Investigating Unit SIU is probing how the Mavu Sports Development NPO received the money from the National Lotteries Council NLC in 2018 through the proactive-based funding method without being subjected to a 12-month cooling-off clause.
During the cooling-off period, a beneficiary who received funding is barred from applying the following year. However, Mavu was allowed to apply twice, receiving R4.7m in 2016 and R7m in 2017 for unrelated projects before it scored the R15.9m payout for Mulaudzis sports facility in 2018. It was meant to be completed in six months.
