Still image taken from footage broadcasted by Libyan state TV shows Muammar Gaddafi greeting a tribal leader in an unknown location in this file June 7, 2011 photo. REUTERS/Libya TV via Reuters TV
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Treasury is looking into Libyan assertions that slain leader Muammar Gaddafi and his family stashed money and other assets in the country, a spokesman said on Sunday.
"There was a group that approached Treasury claiming to represent the Libyan government and we are in the process of verifying their claims about assets that are in South Africa," Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's spokesman Jabulani Sikhakhane said.
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