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Equatorial Guinea vice-president's superyacht, properties seized in South Africa

Teodorin Nguema Obiang arrives at Malabo's Cathedral to celebrate his 41st birthday, June 25, 2013. [AFP]

A South African court this week seized a superyacht and two properties of Equatorial Guinea's vice president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue.

The property is expected to be auctioned to pay a South African businessman who sued him for wrongful arrest and torture after an airline deal went wrong.

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