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.
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
Probe into fraud and corruption at National Lotteries Commission
Trade and Industry minister Rob Davies orders investigation
News | 13 May 2019
Lottery’s promise of toilets leaves a nasty smell
Photos used to show progress building ablution facilities at different schools are of the same structures
By Anton van Zyl, Bernard Chiguvare, Kaizer Nengovhela and Raymond Joseph
Feature | 3 May 2019
Lottery recipient’s attempt to muzzle media fails - for now
Court refuses to hear urgent application from Lesley Ramulifho against GroundUp, The Citizen and Daily Dispatch
Brief | 17 April 2019
Lottery has to do more with less
R2 billion distributed in 2017/18, but revenue not keeping up with demand for funding
Brief | 21 March 2019
GROUNDVIEW: Lottery looting needs to be investigated – urgently
Millions of South Africans buy Lottery tickets. There is growing evidence that their trust is being misused.
GroundView | 20 March 2019