Articles for Raymond Joseph
Terry Pheto’s house may go up for auction to recover Lottery funds
Numerous properties belonging to Lotteries Commission executives, their relatives and cronies frozen by court order
News | 7 November 2022
Millions to be spent to complete abandoned Lottery-funded projects
Engineers to be paid directly to finish multi-million rand infrastructure projects
News | 31 October 2022
Lottery cracks down on sky-high spending on lawyers
Minister demands details of legal costs
News | 20 October 2022
Former Lottery boss personally recommended R4.8-million grant for his wife’s company
Grant paid within eight days of application
News | 17 October 2022
SIU investigating dodgy Lottery grants worth over R1.4-billion
“Courageous individuals, ranging from whistle-blowers to journalists and investigators, were essential to uncovering wrong-doing,” says Minister Ebrahim Patel
News | 28 September 2022
Former Lottery executive’s pension frozen as corruption probe hots up
Special Tribunal takes action against Phillemon Letwaba
News | 21 September 2022
Leaked report sheds more light on the rot at Lottery-funded school
The National Lotteries Commission’s claims about how R28.3-million was spent to rebuild Vhafamadi Secondary School don’t stand up to scrutiny
By Anton van Zyl and Raymond Joseph
News | 8 September 2022
New acting Lottery boss appointed
New chair, Barney Pityana, and new acting commissioner, Lionel October, take over, possibly signalling major changes at the scandal-ridden National Lotteries Commission
Brief | 1 September 2022
National Lotteries Commission ignored warnings about corruption
For years, the Lottery avoided, dismissed or suppressed recommendations by at least three reports urging it to take action
Feature | 1 September 2022