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.
Ebrahim Patel recommends criminal case in Lottery debacle
Minister expresses displeasure with Lottery’s own investigation into controversial grant
News | 6 September 2019
DTI washes its hands of lottery scandal
Minister Ebrahim Patel is legally obliged to hold the National Lotteries Commission accountable
By Tessa Knight
News | 15 August 2019
Lottery-funded rehab centre unfinished after two years
#DodgyLottery part four: R17 million has been spent on Kuruman facility
Feature | 12 August 2019
The Lottery-funded library with empty shelves
#DodgyLottery part three: R20 million has been spent on the Credo Mutwa Museum and Library, with very little to show for it
Feature | 7 August 2019
Kuruman’s unfinished R23 million old age home
#DodgyLottery part two: The National Lotteries Commission has denied that companies linked to its COO are involved. We present evidence to the contrary.
Feature | 5 August 2019
Conflicts of interest and incomplete projects: How Lottery money is being spent
#DodgyLottery part one: National Lotteries Commission COO Phillemon Letwaba linked to controversial grants
Feature | 1 August 2019
Limpopo’s forgotten schools and the Lottery’s expensive toilets
R10 million grant went to Gauteng company with no experience
Feature | 24 May 2019
Journalist receives strange letter from supposed lottery beneficiary
Letter follows exposé of controversies over lottery funding
News | 22 May 2019
Lottery admits it’s investigating projects it defended
Department of Trade and Industry ordered investigation, but Lottery spins a different story
News | 16 May 2019