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Lottery spent R1.5-million on “lawfare” to try to stop Minister Ebrahim Patel’s anti-corruption battle

15 October 2024 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph

Ebrahim Patel, the former Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, took action to reverse the rot at the National Lotteries Commission (NLC). In response the NLC engaged him in “lawfare”. But Pat...

Concourt says no to dodgy lottery lawyer

26 March 2024 | ARTICLE

By GroundUp Staff

The country’s highest court has dismissed Lesley Ramulifho’s application for leave to appeal, with costs. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks “The Constitutional Court has considered the application for ...

SCA refuses to hear appeal by dodgy Lottery lawyer

1 February 2024 | ARTICLE

By GroundUp Staff

Image from Lesley Ramulifho’s Instagram page (fair use). Despite a plethora of evidence of corruption and fraud Ramulifho appears to live a jet set lifestyle. The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has re...

Dodgy Lottery lawyer loses bid to appeal

27 September 2023 | ARTICLE

By Tania Broughton

Attorney Lesley Ramulifho, who has been implicated in the looting of Lottery money, has failed in his bid to block a probe by the Legal Practice Council. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks The Johannes...

Doctor fails to block SIU from probing his Lottery connection

12 September 2023 | ARTICLE

By Tania Broughton

The Pretoria High Court has refused an application by medical doctor John Marite to interdict the Special Investigating Unit which is probing his connection to a Lottery grant. Archive photo: Ashraf ...

Lottery looter is living the jet set life

30 August 2023 | ARTICLE

By Grethen de Waal, Ella Morrison and Raymond Joseph

Lesley Ramulifho’s Instagram page, with over 130,000 followers, shows him jet-setting around the world. Here he’s photographed in the Maldives. All images from Ramulifho’s Instagram account (fair use...

Exposed: The Sunday World’s lucrative partnership with the Lottery

3 August 2023 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph and Anton van Zyl

In the 2020/21 financial year Fundudzi Media, the owner of Sunday World, received 46% of the National Lotteries Commission’s advertising spend, despite its relatively small weekly circulation. Betwe...

Dodgy Lottery lawyer trapped by his web of lies

7 June 2023 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph and Anton van Zyl

Lesley Ramulifho, an attorney, has been implicated extensively in lottery corruption. Illustration: Lisa Nelson Last year the Asset Forfeiture Unit obtained a preservation order against a property a...

GroundUp wins court case against the Legal Practice Council

24 May 2023 | ARTICLE

By Tania Broughton

GroundUp laid a complaint with the Legal Practice Council against attorney Lesley Ramulifho claiming that he had made dishonest statements under oath in court proceedings, falsified documents and for...

GroundUp told to remove Lottery article following fake copyright claim

19 May 2023 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph, Anton van Zyl and Nathan Geffen

An attempt is being made to censor GroundUp’s coverage of Lottery corruption. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks GroundUp has received an instruction from its US-based internet hosting service to take d...