By Zweli Martin Dlamini

MBABANE:Zinhle Matsebula,the businesswoman whose name features prominently in the Ministry of Health multibillion drugs shortage scandal,was allegedly investigated by the Central Bank of Eswatini(CBE) Financial Intelligence Unit for alleged suspicious transactions.

This is contained in the leaked documents from the Eswatini Financial Intelligence Unit(EFIU), the documents in possession of this Swaziland News were leaked to a team of international journalists including this publication.

A report from the Financial Intelligence Unit suggests that,Matsebula who was working for the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial(RFM) Hospital, was banking with the First National Bank(FNB) since March 2010.

But the bank is alleged to have forwarded a report to the Central Bank for possible investigation after detecting suspicious transactions from different accounts.

“Zinhle Matsebula is employed by the RFM hospital as a nurse. The client has been banking with FNB since March 2010 and she has another account linked to her in the name of Zimpa Investement pty ltd. Client's transactional behaviour in the personal account is suspicious in that often receives cash deposits and electronic payments from different accounts which we do not know the purpose of the transactions. The transactional activity suggests that she is running a small business and managing its finances using the personal account.She also makes regular payments to an account referenced Total Life”, reads the report in part.

The report further suggests that, Matsebula,while working for the RFM Hospital was suspected of secret dealings but she was disguising with a small business she operated through her personal bank account.

The businesswoman was later implicated in the drugs shortage scandal after she allegedly colluded with SwaziPharm Director Kareem Ashraff to establish Lifespan Pharmaceuticals and other companies that were allegedly used to loot millions of public funds resulting to shortage of drugs in public hospitals.

Businesswoman Zinhle Matsebula denied any involvement in the widely reported drugs shortage scandal.

On another note,the thousands of leaked documents in possession of this Swaziland News and other international journalists include reports from the Eswatini Financial Intelligence Unit(EFIU) and suspicious transactions for politicians,businesspeople,private and public companies including ordinary citizens who are suspected of money laundering.