Articles for Raymond Joseph

Lottery budgets nearly a quarter of a billion rand for legal fees

This is the cost of rooting out corruption, Commissioner Jodi Scholtz tells Parliament

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News | 25 June 2026

Hawks act on lottery looting cases

Within weeks of missing a parliamentary briefing, the Hawks submitted 13 lottery fraud dockets to prosecutors

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News | 4 June 2026

Special Tribunal freezes two properties bought with lottery funds

Funds meant for an agricultural project to benefit 1,900 unemployed people were used to buy homes for directors of non-profit organisations

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News | 15 May 2026

Report into R66-million netball lottery grant recommends litigation to recover funds

The Special Investigating Unit is probing the grant

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News | 13 May 2026

Sunday World journalists were offered money to bring in advertising

The acting editor at the time, Ngwako Malatji, is connected to Lottery deals under SIU investigation

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News | 7 May 2026

Sunday Times editor Makhudu Sefara placed on “special leave” after SIU announces investigation

Sefara was elected chair of the South African National Editors Forum despite concerns raised about his connections to the Lottery

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News | 28 April 2026

Appointment of new lottery board chair inches forward

Names of three candidates submitted to Minister

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News | 23 April 2026

Two insurance giants dominate SASSA funeral deductions

Clientèle Life, Sanlam and their subsidiaries collect R143-million every month for funeral policies directly from SASSA pension and disability grants

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News | 9 April 2026