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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...

Strict new measures to combat Lottery corruption

13 February 2023 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph

The NLC told MPs that it has introduced stringent new protocols for proactive funding. Graphic: Lisa Nelson The NLC’s new board has introduced a number of measures to prevent corruption, including e...

How Lottery money was used to fund mansions for high flyers

16 January 2023 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph

. This luxurious mountainside mansion in Cape Town with sweeping views of Simon’s Town and False Bay was paid for with Lotto money meant to build toilets for schools in the Eastern Cape. Photo: Ashra...

Leaked report shows how Lottery school toilet project was hijacked

15 December 2022 | ARTICLE

By Daniel Steyn

Millions of rands intended for toilets in rural schools were hijacked. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks A 2020 report by auditors SekelaXabiso (SkX) has revealed how millions of rands intended for sc...

Terry Pheto’s house may go up for auction to recover Lottery funds

7 November 2022 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph

Bold and the Beautiful star Terry Pheto’s three-storey home was built using R3-million from lottery grant money meant for an “initiation programme”. Photo from Pheto’s Instagram account (fair use) M...

Why GroundUp is taking the Legal Practice Council to court

2 November 2022 | ARTICLE

By GroundUp Editors

The Legal Practice Council is supposed to regulate the conduct of lawyers. Photo: Brian Turner via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) GroundUp runs a question and answer service for our readers. After Home Affairs a...

National Lotteries Commission ignored warnings about corruption

1 September 2022 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph

The Lottery has been plagued by corruption. Illustration: Lisa Nelson Recommendations in a damning report by audit firm SkX were ignored by the National Lotteries Commission (NLC). SkX’s report was ...

Lottery swindle: the story so far

11 August 2022 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph

A photo of the former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) board chair Alfred Nevhutanda’s house taken from an estate agent’s advert. (Copied for fair use) GroundUp has been investigating Lottery co...

Money for school pays for Lottery boss’s golf estate home

28 July 2022 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph

The Commissioner of the National Lotteries Commission Thabang Mampane’s trust owns a house on the Pecanwood golf estate, bought with money from the national lottery. Photo from the Pecanwood website:...

Dodgy lawyer Lesley Ramulifho still doing work for Lottery

9 June 2022 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph

Lawyer Lesley Ramulifho, under investigation for Lotteries grant corruption, has continued to supply legal services to the National Lotteries Commission. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks Pretoria la...