Articles for Raymond Joseph

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Lottery whistleblower “pressured” to pay IT company to build athletics track

R10 million was paid but no work was done

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News | 18 December 2020

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Lottery millions splurged on glitzy award ceremonies

“Our work is nation-building,” says fund recipient Carol Bouwer

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News | 17 December 2020

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Recipient of R7m in Lottery money won’t say what it’s for

Mystery company is run by prominent businesswoman Carol Bouwer

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News | 10 December 2020

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SIU and Hawks swoop on National Lotteries Commission

Laptops and documents seized, officials interviewed

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News | 8 December 2020

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Appointment of new Lottery board chair delayed by three more months

Question mark over acting chair Zandile Brown who sat on the board during period of corruption allegations

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News | 3 December 2020

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Legal opinion scuttles appointment of new Lottery chair

Thuli Madonsela pulls out

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News | 23 November 2020

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Lottery threatens legal action against Minister Ebrahim Patel

The scandal-ridden organisation appears to be trying to block a corruption probe

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News | 19 November 2020

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Big names shortlisted for Lottery chair

Alfred Nevhutanda’s “scandal-ridden” term ends on 30 November

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News | 18 November 2020

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The woman who tried to stop the rot at the Lottery

2015 report reveals how Chief Risk Officer was hounded out

By Sam Sole for amaBhungane and Raymond Joseph for GroundUp

Feature | 18 November 2020

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Ramaphosa gives green light to Lottery probe

Proclamation comes after Hawks started investigation

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News | 9 November 2020

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Green Scorpions order City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in the Milnerton Lagoon

Refinery which usually uses effluent from the Potsdam treatment plant switched to drinking water because the effluent is too dirty

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News | 4 November 2020

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NLC boss tells Parliament non-existent R13 million minstrel museum has been completed

She also provides unclear explanations for how tens of millions more were spent

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News | 2 November 2020

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Hawks set up special team to investigate Lottery corruption

Directorate for Priority Crime acts on complaint from DTIC

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Brief | 29 October 2020

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Lottery boss paid almost R2 million to stay at home

Phillemon Letwaba has been on “special leave” since March

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News | 27 October 2020

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MP tries to exclude public from meeting on appointment of new Lottery chair

Scandal-ridden Alfred Nevhutanda is unlikely to be replaced by November deadline

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News | 26 October 2020

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Millions in Lottery money spent on football exhibition with limited public access

We visited the exhibition at the FNB stadium and it is not apparent how this cost R7 million

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News | 9 October 2020