The South African Police Service (SAPS) has called on social media users to refrain from spreading fake news. 

This comes after reports claimed that the police’s National Intervention Unit (NIU) raided the home of the late former South African Airways chairperson, Dudu Myeni. 

The reports claimed the house in KwaZulu-Natal was raided. The house is currently owned by Myeni’s son, Thalente Myeni. 

Reports on social media claimed the NIU allegedly discovered R18 million in cash stored in a safe. 

The national spokesperson for police, Brigadier Athlende Mathe, cleared the record and said no raid ever took place. 

“The SAPS warns against the spread of fake news about an SAPS NIU raid in which R18 million was found in a safe at a house in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal.  The SAPS calls for responsible social media reporting and for users to verify information first before sharing. 

The SAPS, therefore, confirms no raid was undertaken by any of its units, more so the National Intervention Unit,” Mathe said. 

Myeni died in June 2024. 

Myeni served on several boards, including the South African Association of Water Utilities.

Myeni also had a consulting firm, which in the late 1990s facilitated social development programmes on behalf of government and corporations in and around Richards Bay.

In 2020, her troubles started after she faced several investigations and was declared a delinquent director.

She was barred from holding any directorship for life.

In 2015, she was made the chairperson of the Jacob Zuma Foundation. 

At the time of her death, Myeni faced corruption and fraud charges linked to Bosasa, amounting to approximately R300,000. She was out on R10,000 bail at the time. 

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