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.
Lottery fraud case against Jozi FM board chair referred to Commercial Crimes Unit
Witnesses allege Rapitse Montsho attempted to intimidate them in breach of his bail conditions
Brief | 31 March 2026
Chaos in Parliament as debate on new lottery board chair explodes
Debate on a shortlist of three candidates was suspended, then postponed, after MK and EFF MPs repeatedly raised points of order
Brief | 25 March 2026
SAPS and Hawks snub Parliament on lottery probe
Special Investigating Unit is probing corruption totalling over R2-billion
News | 25 March 2026
R66-million lottery grant for netball courts halted after investigation
Special Investigating Unit has launched a probe into a grant to Netball SA for a World Cup 2023 legacy project
News | 5 March 2026
Lottery fraudsters must personally pay back R14-million
Judge Margaret Victor ruled that brothers Tshimangadzo and Ndoweni Mukutu acted in concert to defraud the National Lotteries Commission
Law | 4 March 2026
Lottery crook fails to get his pension back
Phillemon Letwaba’s bid to unfreeze his pension has been dismissed
News | 24 February 2026
More than R36-million in lottery money has been spent on this old age home in nine years. But it is still not ready
The home in eDumbe, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, is one of several projects under investigation by the SIU
By Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph
News | 17 February 2026
Unfinished lottery-funded old age home in Mpumalanga is being looted
But National Lotteries Commission says it can’t pay for security
By Raymond Joseph and Joseph Bracken
News | 13 February 2026
The man who helped expose lottery corruption has died
Ado Krige supplied key documents that blew corruption at the NLC wide open
Obituary | 10 February 2026