"The Aurora issue is now in the hands of the Hawks. We are looking at the criminal element of the matter," Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said.
"In the court case, the judgment delivered was in terms of the civil claim but there were issues raised by the judge in terms of fraud and racketeering for example."
On June 25, High Court in Pretoria Judge Eberhard Bertelsmann handed down a damning judgment against the directors of Aurora Empowerment Systems.
Khulubuse Zuma, Zondwa Mandela and Thulani Ngubane will have to pay up about R1.7 billion in damages for the destruction of Aurora’s Grootvlei and Orkney mines that cost 5 300 workers their jobs.
