Articles for Raymond Joseph

Hawks and SIU raid accountants in lottery corruption investigation

Accountants allegedly prepared fraudulent financial statements to get lottery funding

“Criminal syndicate” was run inside the Lottery says SIU

Three-year investigation has revealed collusion between Lottery officials, former board members, lawyers and non-profit organisations

Hawks act against one of their own for Lottery corruption

Spokeperson Hangwani Mulaudzi and former Head of Risk at the National Lotteries Commission Marubini Ramatsekisa are both named in a dossier handed to prosecutors

Kwaito star fails to overturn preservation order on his guesthouse

Judge says there are “reasonable grounds” to believe the property Arthur Mafokate bought was from the proceeds of “unlawful activities”

Top Gauteng officials suspended in grant corruption investigation

Multimillion-rand Gauteng beauty academy grant under investigation

Four officials of the provincial Department of Social Development already “under precautionary suspension”

Beauty academy gets R64-million government subsidy in midst of budget cuts

Money for organisations assisting people with HIV and older people cut

Lottery whistleblower is one of five South Africans to win international award

Mzukisi Makatse recognised by Blueprint for Free Speech

Third qualified audit in a row for National Lotteries Commission

But there is a silver lining as the findings mostly deal with legacy grants made under the watch of the previous board and management

Lottery to lay criminal complaints against former board members

Chairperson Barney Pityana says Auditor-General must be held accountable for giving the National Lotteries Commission clean audits

The NPA, the former Lottery boss and the Rolls Royce

Alfred Nevhutanda sold the car just three months after he bought it for R6.3-million

NPA under pressure to bring Lottery looters to court

R2-billion in grants under investigation, but only one looter in jail

How the former Lottery board chair paid for his R6.3-million Rolls Royce

Court freezes Alfred Nevhutanda’s luxury car and property

New measures to prevent Lotto looting

The National Lotteries Commission briefed Parliament on the steps it is taking to clean up the organisation

Lottery official’s bank accounts frozen because of suspicious payments

R32-million paid by hundreds of grassroots organisations into accounts of KZN NLC official and his wife

Lottery looter is living the jet set life

“When life gives you lemons, buy a freaking jet” - Lesley Ramulifho