Ekurhuleni Land Scandal Exposed | Johannesburg News

Ekurhuleni’s municipal land vanished in a $60 million heist orchestrated by a rogue property agent and a law firm not on the city’s approved list—221 vacant stands illegally transferred between 2018 and 2022, sold at fractions of their true value, then flipped for profit while the city reaped zero revenue. The SIU is now pushing to reverse the deals and recover funds through the Special Tribunal, with the case handed to the NPA for prosecution. No deeds office staff were implicated, but cash payments and forged documents made the trail nearly invisible—exposing how public assets can be stolen in plain sight. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Sources:https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-09-16-siu-identifies-culprits-of-r586m-land-scam-involving-221-expropriated-ekurhuleni-properties/ More coverage & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/d53a8cfeea26afe1 Report issues to [email protected].