The Lottery and its discontents
Here are articles on who plays the South African Lottery, how the Lottery money is distributed, and dodgy dealings by the National Lotteries Commission and its recipients.
R10 million in Lottery funding for a Limpopo children’s centre didn’t go to any children
No one in the area seems to know how the money for the Tshimbupfe Drop-in Centre for destitute children was used
By Anton van Zyl and Kaizer Nengovhela
News | 19 August 2021
Millions in Lottery funds spent on one-night “music and arts festival”
NPO was given R4.8 million for the concert
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Raymond Joseph
Feature | 10 August 2021
The Lottery, the law firm and the minister: more questions than answers
We have uncovered hundreds of millions of rands worth of corruption and maladministration over three years, but no one has been brought to justice
GroundView | 27 July 2021
Lottery COO back at work after 17-month “leave of absence”
Audit firm SkX has so far been paid R9.65 million to investigate alleged Lottery corruption
News | 26 July 2021
Dodgy Lottery: Judge dismisses attempt to block SIU investigating lottery millions
Gauteng High Court has dismissed Ramulifho associate Liesl Moses’s interdict to keep the SIU from investigating her
Brief | 23 July 2021
Minister of Justice’s law firm bungled lottery corruption probe
Reports submitted by Ndobela Lamola Inc are full of forged documents
By Raymond Joseph and Anton van Zyl
Feature | 21 July 2021
Dr Tumi, the Lottery and the alleged fraud of R1.5 million
The modus operandi appears similar to other dodgy Lottery-funded projects
By Anton van Zyl and Raymond Joseph
News | 10 June 2021
COSATU calls for public audit of Lottery
“The silence of the NLC on these allegations is deafening”
By James Stent
Brief | 11 May 2021