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.
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
“Courageous individuals, ranging from whistle-blowers to journalists and investigators, were essential to uncovering wrong-doing,” says Minister Ebrahim Patel
News | 28 September 2022
Special Tribunal takes action against Phillemon Letwaba
News | 21 September 2022
R23-million in irregular expenditure; R36-million in accounting errors
By Daniel Steyn
News | 14 September 2022
The National Lotteries Commission’s claims about how R28.3-million was spent to rebuild Vhafamadi Secondary School don’t stand up to scrutiny
By Anton van Zyl and Raymond Joseph
News | 8 September 2022
New chair, Barney Pityana, and new acting commissioner, Lionel October, take over, possibly signalling major changes at the scandal-ridden National Lotteries Commission
Brief | 1 September 2022
For years, the Lottery avoided, dismissed or suppressed recommendations by at least three reports urging it to take action
Feature | 1 September 2022