The net is closing in on Gauteng ANC chief whip Brian Hlongwa as the NPA freezes assets acquired by the politician through money prosecutors believe was the proceeds of a crime. NPA spokesman Velekhaya Mgobhozi confirmed yesterday that prosecutors were gunning for a house owned by Hlongwa."In the matter concerning a house in Eccleston Crescent owned by Brian Hlongwa through his company Golden Pond, the NPA has filed papers in the forfeiture application. The matter is opposed and the NPA is awaiting the answering affidavit from Golden Pond. There are two related cases involving companies that arise from the corruption involving the Eccleston Crescent house," said Mgobhozi.The Mail & Guardian reported in July that Hlongwa had been involved in alleged corruption dating back to 2006.The newspaper claimed that the ANC benefited from his actions and that the chief whip allegedly acted as a conduit for bribes.The NPA lodged a series of applications in the Johannesburg High Court asking for orders to freeze assets of certain companies and a house allegedly built with funds linked to donors who had done business with the Gauteng department of health.Hlongwa is a former Gauteng health MEC.At the centre of the case is Baoki Consortium, which was awarded a R1.4-billion tender by the health department in December 2007 to provide a health information system and electronic health records to Gauteng hospitals and clinics.Mgobhozi said: "In the matter concerning the Baoki Consortium, a final forfeiture order was granted by the high court over the contractual rights of the consortium and its members."The total value of those rights amounted to R1.486-billion."In his declaration of interest in the members register, Hlongwa stated his financial interest in Golden Pond Trading 363 as "indirect family residence" and listed no specific number of shares he held in the entity, detailing only a nominal value of R100.Hlongwa did not want to comment on the matter yesterday."I would not like to comment. But it is true that we are opposing the application."The matter is being handled by my legal advisers," he said...