Articles for Raymond Joseph
Minister issues tender for 12-month temporary lottery licence
Critics say this favours Ithuba, the current operator
News | 6 March 2025
Lottery secretary resigns after pocketing R6-million while on suspension
Nompumelelo Nene, suspended two years ago, faced 145 disciplinary charges
News | 4 March 2025
Forestry Department awarded R140-million tender to dodgy security company
Investigation finds the company submitted a fraudulent document in its bid but got the contract
By Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph
News | 3 March 2025
Court blocks former Lottery official from receiving money after sale of his luxury home
The house and other properties he owns were paid for with lottery money
News | 28 February 2025
Decision on new Lottery operator postponed by a year. But Ithuba’s licence expires in May
No clarity on what happens to lotto ticket sales and NLC grants after expiry
News | 24 February 2025
SIU applies to extend lottery corruption probe
Department of Justice says a decision is “expected” by month-end
News | 18 February 2025
Lottery paid R500,000 to company to probe computer breach that never happened
Forensic auditors found several red flags in the payment to Neo Solutions
News | 6 February 2025
Lottery bosses turned to State Security Agency to investigate leaks
But things didn’t go the way they wanted
News | 29 January 2025
FNB closes bank accounts of dodgy lottery-funded “activist”
Tebogo Sithathu is under investigation by the SIU over a series of multimillion-rand grants
News | 16 January 2025