Articles for Raymond Joseph

Corruption fight put at “risk” by moving Special Tribunal

Move from Joburg to Pretoria “worrying” and a “blow to its effectiveness”

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News | 5 August 2025

Gambling boss quits after forensic audit

The National Gambling Board’s chief strategic advisor Caroline Kongwa has resigned. She earned R3.4-million last year.

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News | 31 July 2025

SIU investigation into lottery corruption hamstrung by red tape

Application made 15 months ago for permission to investigate dodgy procurement deals

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News | 22 July 2025

Mystery of R3-million in Lottery funds paid to Athletics South Africa

ASA says it was unaware of the payment

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News | 18 July 2025

How Lottery looters hijacked a GBV organisation

R18-million, awarded to the Make Me Movement, was stolen

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News | 15 July 2025

Minister appoints ten new lottery grant assessors after year-long delay

NLC says applications backlog has been cleared and future applications will be assessed within 150 days

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Brief | 7 July 2025

R10-million emergency lottery funding for flood-ravaged Eastern Cape

The money was approved swiftly using a new funding mechanism that replaced one that had been mired in corruption

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Brief | 29 June 2025

Lottery licence evaluators had no lottery experience

Audit firms refused to get involved because of “reputational risk”

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News | 26 June 2025

Alarm raised over plans for state-run lottery

Since its inception, a private company has been responsible for operating the lottery and selling tickets. That is set to change in 2034

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News | 20 June 2025

Luxury home of Lottery “kingpin” frozen by Special Tribunal

Non-profit organisation headed by Alfred Sigudhla received nearly R70-million from the Lottery

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News | 5 June 2025

Troubling questions as minister gives Ithuba another year to run lottery

On the face of it, Ithuba should have been excluded as it did not bid for the new permanent license and it has reached the maximum legal operating limit of ten years

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News | 2 June 2025

NLC did nothing to stop 4,000 “delinquents” from getting grant funding

New corruption-busting efforts have caused grant money to go unspent

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Parliament | 29 May 2025

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

Findings were presented to SCOPA this week

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News | 22 May 2025

Ithuba poised to run Lottery for next 12 months — despite legal concerns

And Goldrush-backed consortium picked for eight-year licence starting in 2026

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News | 16 May 2025

Former MPs refuse to leave their subsidised housing in parliamentary villages

State Attorney to take steps to evict them

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News | 3 April 2025

Lottery ticket sales likely to be suspended from 1 June

Minister Tau backtracks on temporary licence, will announce permanent operator at end of May

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News | 31 March 2025