Motala axed amid fraud allegations

Pamodzi Gold liquidator Enver Motala has been removed from the panel of liquidators by the master of the high court in Pretoria amid allegations that he changed his name from Dawood to Motala and, under the name of Dawood, had a string of 93 fraud convictions. He has denied changing his name.

Business Report says that Deputy Master Christine Rossouw noted in a letter to Motala that he had a history of not disclosing at least one count of theft and 93 counts of fraud.

It says documentation from the Department of Internal Affairs (now Home Affairs) shows that Enver Mohamed Dawood and Enver Mohamed Motala "are the same person" and that in 1981 the department consented to Dawood changing his name to Motala.

Rossouw told Motala that "both you and Mr Dawood were born on September 20, 1953".

Motala denies knowing who Dawood is and says he knew nothing of the theft and fraud attributed to Dawood. The master also noted that there were rumours of money being passed between Motala and his company SBT Trust and Aurora.

The master asked Motala to explain the payment of R3-million made by "Motala or SBT Trust to Aurora in February 2010".
Motala said the payment was made to provide financial assistance to Aurora to pay wages and salaries at Grootfontein Mine.
The other liquidators have vehemently denied that any approach was made to the panel of liquidators by Aurora for financial assistance. The money was repaid to Motala or SBT Trust in several tranches by Aurora.