Author: Raymond Joseph

The youth leader, his ex-wife and the frozen Lottery money

The Special Tribunal has frozen R2.7-million of proceeds from the sale of a house that Alfred Sigudhla and Patience Chauke owned. The house was bought with funds meant for community development.

By Raymond Joseph

Brief | 18 December 2025

Three candidates recommended for Lottery chair

Portfolio committee’s recommendation must be confirmed by national assembly, and then Minister Parks Tau has the final say

By Raymond Joseph

Brief | 5 December 2025

Alfred Nevhutanda used Lottery money to build a holiday mansion

The SIU did not seek a preservation order to seize the house of the former chair of the Lottery as it had been sold in 2021 to an “innocent party”

By Elmon Tshikhudo and Raymond Joseph

Brief | 2 December 2025

Head of Special Tribunal quits after one year

Judge Margaret Victor’s resignation is effective end of November, yet a replacement has not been named

By Raymond Joseph

Brief | 28 November 2025

Part Two: Dodgy Nguni cattle deals uncovered at Fort Hare

A forensic investigation of a research farm found cattle sold for below market prices

By Raymond Joseph, Johnnie Isaac, Nathan Geffen and Daniel Steyn

Feature | 28 November 2025

Fort Hare’s cattle projects were supposed to help Eastern Cape farmers. Instead they are a lesson in bad governance

Forensic reports uncover arithmetical errors, unaccounted-for assets and absent oversight, probably resulting in the loss of tens of millions of rands for the university

By Raymond Joseph, Johnnie Isaac, Nathan Geffen and Daniel Steyn

Feature | 27 November 2025