Articles for Raymond Joseph

MPs row over Lottery board selection

Three people shortlisted for Minister Ebrahim Patel to choose from

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News | 12 March 2021

Lottery millions used for board member’s luxury home

And the mysterious payments he received from a company linked to the suspended COO

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Feature | 3 March 2021

Parliament shortlists eight candidates for Lottery chair

Public has until 8 March to comment or raise objections

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Brief | 26 February 2021

Appointment process of new Lottery board chair restarts

Minister Patel extends tenure of acting chair despite objections

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Brief | 24 February 2021

Lotto’s R26 million half-built Limpopo old age home

Looters move in after building site abandoned

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Feature | 28 January 2021

Lottery boss misled Parliament

Commissioner Thabang Mampane told MPs last year that the minstrel museum officially opened in 2016. It’s still not open

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News | 11 January 2021

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

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

SIU and Hawks swoop on National Lotteries Commission

Laptops and documents seized, officials interviewed

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News | 8 December 2020

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

Legal opinion scuttles appointment of new Lottery chair

Thuli Madonsela pulls out

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News | 23 November 2020

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

Big names shortlisted for Lottery chair

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

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News | 18 November 2020

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

Ramaphosa gives green light to Lottery probe

Proclamation comes after Hawks started investigation

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News | 9 November 2020