Public Protector Thuli Madonsela is expected to report back to the Bapo Ba Mogale community in North West this month on her investigation into the disappearance of hundreds of millions of rands in mining royalties from the community's trust account. Her office has said that the investigation, which dates back to 2012, is among those that Madonsela wants to wrap up before she leaves office in October.Oupa Segalwe, Madonsela's spokesman, said: "She will be reporting back to the community. This will be for updating the community, not to release a report, as it will not be ready." The community's lawyer, Karabo Kgoroeadira SC, said the investigation was complex because the paper trail was difficult to follow."The more information we gave to [Madonsela], the more complex the investigation became. This is why the investigation has dragged on."She said the community had begun to doubt that Madonsela would complete the investigation before she left office. "If she does issue a report, it will only be what she uncovered before her end of office and not a complete report," she said.The Bapo Ba Mogale clan settled near Rustenburg in the 1920 s on one of the richest platinum deposits in the world.The community started receiving royalties from four mining companies operating on their ancestral land in 1979 through a trust account.In 2009, the balance in the account was R400-million but there was no development taking place in the impoverished rural area about 60km outside Pretoria. The community's scrutiny of annual reports issued by administrators appointed by the provincial government revealed that R300-million was missing from the account, leading to Madonsela's investigation in 2012.She has decried the lack of co-operation extended to her in her investigation by North West premier Supra Mahumapelo .Segalwe said Madonsela met Mahumapelo last month and the public protector asked for the information that had been withheld...