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SIU investigation into lottery corruption hamstrung by red tape

22 July 2025 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph

Narrow terms of the original proclamation authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate dodgy procurement at the National Lotteries Commission has hamstrung its investigations, desp...

Slow motion denialism: Our leaders are allowing the HIV response to collapse

16 July 2025 | ARTICLE

By Francois Venter

...Lotto, and domestic funding to plug the gap, with no details as to how this will happen. He claimed no patient will suffer, despite local studies warning of massive waves of new deaths and infections,...

How Lottery looters hijacked a GBV organisation

15 July 2025 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph and Anton van Zyl

Make Me Movement, a non-profit organisation registered in the Western Cape, was hijacked to apply for R18-million from the National Lotteries Commission. Illustration: Lisa Nelson An organisation he...

Lottery licence evaluators had no lottery experience

26 June 2025 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph

Lottery Commissioner Jodi Scholtz addresses Parliament. Minister Parks Tau and National Lotteries Commissioner chairperson Barney Pityana are sitting next to her. Photo: Raymond Joseph The committee...

Alarm raised over plans for state-run lottery

20 June 2025 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph

...Lotto was launched 25 years ago. Details of the intention to effectively nationalise the lottery were revealed in a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the latest operator licence, which has been awarded ...

Court battle looms over lottery licence

12 June 2025 | ARTICLE

By Tania Broughton

A losing bidder for the fourth lottery licence has filed an application in the Pretoria High Court probing the award of the licence last month to Sizekhaya Holdings. Illustration: Lisa Nelson Lekali...

Lottery official’s pension frozen by Special Tribunal

12 June 2025 | ARTICLE

By Tania Broughton

A former National Lotteries Commission official implicated in corruption and found guilty in an internal disciplinary hearing of “gross misconduct” cannot touch his pension money, the Special Tribuna...

Luxury home of Lottery “kingpin” frozen by Special Tribunal

5 June 2025 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph

The luxury home of Alfred Sigudhla, a kingpin in the looting of South Africa’s lottery, has been frozen under a preservation order issued by the Special Tribunal. Photo: SIU The luxury home of Alfre...

Goldrush-backed consortium announced as next lottery operator

28 May 2025 | ARTICLE

By Daniel Steyn

Sizekhaya Holdings has been announced as the next Lottery licence holder. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks Sizekhaya Holdings, a consortium partly owned by gambling company Goldrush, has been announce...

SIU cracks down on lottery corruption, but NPA missing in action

22 May 2025 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph

This graphic was presented by the Special Investigating Unit to SCOPA on Tuesday. It is titled: Key players in the NLC corruption. Cropped from the graphic is this sentence: “Names have been mentione...