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.

Hawks swoop on Northern Cape Lottery offices after whistleblowers’ tip-offs

Seven NLC employees named in the search and seizure warrant including the deputy provincial head

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News | 11 March 2022

Ebrahim Patel moves to fire Lotteries board

National Lotteries Commission has “failed to ensure proper administration and good governance,” says minister

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Brief | 8 March 2022

Lotteries boss Phillemon Letwaba is back at work after being cleared by internal hearing

Evidence collected by Special Investigating Unit of grand-scale corruption rejected by chair of hearing

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News | 8 March 2022

Deadline for nominations to National Lotteries Commission board

Individuals, institutions and civil society have until Monday 7 March to apply

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News | 7 March 2022

Network of corruption exposed in Lottery probe

SIU says it has already identified R300 million in misappropriated grants

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News | 3 March 2022

Court grants order on dodgy multimillion rand Lottery grant

Big win for SIU after President Ramaphosa authorised the investigation of the National Lotteries Commission in 2020

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News | 17 February 2022

National Lotteries Commission board is no longer quorate

Only three members are left on the board

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News | 9 February 2022

Judge dismisses Lottery bid to have corruption probe declared “unlawful”

Court puts pay to Lottery’s squirming to avoid scrutiny

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Law | 8 February 2022

Fowl play! Lottery board member received millions linked to Lottery grants

Grant beneficiaries made payments into William Huma’s home loan

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Feature | 7 February 2022

Suspended Lottery boss faces disciplinary hearing

Phillemon Letwaba accused of using funds to enrich himself and his family

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News | 20 January 2022

What happened to the Lottery money paid to fund games for intellectually impaired athletes?

R25 million seems to have disappeared without trace

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News | 11 January 2022

Secrecy surrounds R80 million in Lottery funding for sports project

Politically connected businessman Solly Siweya pops up again

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News | 9 December 2021

Fikile Mbalula demands R2 million from GroundUp reporters

He accuses us of defamation but does not point out any factual errors in our article

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Law | 8 December 2021

MPs demand update on Special Investigation Unit’s Lottery probe

DA’s Mat Cuthbert says SIU has already missed a deadline given by the President

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Brief | 8 December 2021

Lottery audit delayed as Auditor-General flags problems

Report on the National Lotteries Commission due in early December

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News | 1 December 2021

The minister, the Lottery boss and the luxury R5.6 million home

The strange story of the house Fikile Mbalula offered to buy

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Feature | 29 November 2021