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.
Southern African Youth Movement picked up millions, thanks to the introduction of a new kind of funding
Analysis | 23 January 2023
Five luxury properties connected to misappropriated Lottery grants have been frozen by the Asset Forfeiture Unit
News | 16 January 2023
Five years later, the R27.5-million facility hasn’t opened
News | 12 January 2023
A leaked investigation report finds that value of construction work falls short of the funds paid by the NLC
News | 19 December 2022
Forensic probe reveals details of National Lotteries Commission fiasco in Eastern Cape and Limpopo
By Daniel Steyn
News | 15 December 2022
Part one in a series about the Southern African Youth Movement and the Lottery
News | 12 December 2022
GroundUp has learned that Jodi Scholtz will take over as Commissioner of the National Lotteries Commission
Brief | 6 December 2022
Key officials in the firing line
News | 30 November 2022
For years he has been tenaciously reporting on shenanigans at the National Lotteries Commission
News | 25 November 2022
Documents and computers seized in raid on Lottery’s East London office as dodgy scheme implicating a former board member is uncovered
News | 17 November 2022
Numerous properties belonging to Lotteries Commission executives, their relatives and cronies frozen by court order
News | 7 November 2022
Matter is scheduled to be heard on Monday, 7 November Thursday 10 November in Johannesburg
GroundView | 2 November 2022
Engineers to be paid directly to finish multi-million rand infrastructure projects
News | 31 October 2022
Minister demands details of legal costs
News | 20 October 2022
Grant paid within eight days of application
News | 17 October 2022
A “tough decision” says National Lotteries Commission
By Liezl Human
News | 5 October 2022