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.
Money from Lottery goes to cousin of National Lotteries Commission boss
Only a fraction of the R11 million grant appears to have gone to its intended purpose
Feature | 20 January 2020
Is the National Lotteries Commission countering media exposés with advertising?
It has massively increased spending on advertorials over the past few years
Analysis | 17 December 2019
Top Lottery executives coin it
R19 million a year paid to seven people
By Roxanne Joseph and Nompumelelo Mtsweni
Brief | 9 December 2019
Mystery Limpopo outfit gets multi-million rand Lottery contract for old age home in Mpumalanga
Facility, which is unfinished after two years, is in Lottery COO’s village
Feature | 6 December 2019
Tata ma (almost no) chance: Household income of most lottery players is less than R10,000 per month
UNISA survey gives insight into who plays the Lotto and why
Feature | 2 December 2019
The Lottery and the mystery multi-million rand boxing arena
A Gauteng company with no track record in construction was contracted to build a facility in the small Eastern Cape town of Storms River
Feature | 28 November 2019
Does Sunday World want to do journalism or be a defender of corruption?
Newspaper’s attack on our reporter is malicious
GroundView | 25 November 2019
Patel’s spokesman dodges questions on Lottery
GroundUp told to rather focus on investment conference
News | 13 November 2019
National Lotteries Commission grilled in Parliament
Questions asked about conflicts of interest and unfinished projects
Parliament | 6 November 2019