Author: Anton van Zyl

An organisation helping victims of abuse was hijacked in 2018 to apply for an R18-million grant from the National Lotteries Commission. The looters used a fraudulent bank account and transferred the funds, meant to go towards a rural cycling project in Limpopo, to their own companies. A property bought with the stolen funds has now been frozen by a preservation order obtained by the Special Investigating Unit. For years, Yolisa Yako dreamed of buying a piece of land for her non-profit organisation, the Make Me Movement (MMM), to use as a retreat and safe space for abuse victims. But her…