R5.4 billion of Guptas' estimated R72.3 billion recovered, as NPA 'follows the money'

While the Gupta's looted R72.3 billion from the state, the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) and its partners restrained or preserved R14 billion of the loot, and R5.4 billion has been recovered.

This information is contained in the NPA's presentation on its annual report to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on Wednesday, where Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi was at pains to dispel the narrative that the NPA has been doing nothing on state capture.

According to Batohi, the NPA has been on an "upwards performance trajectory" for the past three years: in 2020/21, it achieved 50% of its targets, 71% in 2021/22, and now 75% in 2022/23, the year under review.