‘Bring back the Tembisa money before we come for you,’ warns Motsoaledi

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi during the media briefing on Saturday. Picture: GCIS Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says he will not rest until all the money stolen from Tembisa Hospital has been recovered and those implicated in the corruption scandal are arrested. Motsoaledi made the remarks on Friday during his visit to Mankweng Hospital in Limpopo, which recently made history following a groundbreakingsurgical operation to separate the conjoined twinsat the rural public health facility.

He was accompanied by Limpopo Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba, Provincial Health MEC, Dieketseng Mashego, and other senior health officials. The health minister said he would never tire of answering questions about Tembisa Hospital. “I said, I won’t rest until at least 90% of the money they’ve stolen, we have recovered it.

I’m saying 90% because they’ve already chowed some of the money. But, fortunately, you know, they bought Lamborghinis. We’re going to get those Lamborghinis back.

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You know, they bought all the things that are not necessary, because it’s not their money, we want them back,” Motsoaledi said. In September 2025, the SIU obtained a preservation order to seize supercars from the Omar dealership in Witbank, linked to corruption-accused businessman and tender kingpin Hangwani Maumela, and connected to the alleged R2 billion looting at Tembisa Hospital. The supercars include two Aston Martins, two Ferraris, and a Rolls-Royce.

The SIU seized the vehicles from the dealership following the raid at Maumela’s Sandhurst home, wherethree Lamborghinis were seized in October last year. The AFU confiscated around R400 million in assets, including luxury homes, four Lamborghinis, a Bentley, and a boat. However, in February 2026, former Special Tribunal president Judge Margaret Victor ordered the conditional release of five luxury cars seized during an investigation into the looting scandal. Victor found that the SIU Unit failed to disclose material facts in its original application and imposed strict conditions for the vehicles’ return to balance the dealership’s rights against the state’s need to preserve assets pending forfeiture proceedings.

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