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 loses court case after lawyer no-show
Judge unfreezes bank accounts of KZN company
By Tania Broughton and Raymond Joseph
Law | 17 August 2023
Exposed: The Sunday World’s lucrative partnership with the Lottery
The newspaper got millions of rands of Lottery advertising and also ran stories to counter exposés of corruption
By Raymond Joseph and Anton van Zyl
Feature | 3 August 2023
Businessman at centre of Lottery fund probe arrested for fraud
Petrus Sedibe charged with defrauding a trust fund
Brief | 24 July 2023
Lottery promises to fight corruption
Minister Ebrahim Patel lays out measures that must be implemented
News | 17 July 2023
Fikile Mbalula in row over frozen luxury house
Affidavits claim he borrowed R3-million from Lottery bigwig’s wife
News | 27 June 2023
Labour court fires dishonest National Lotteries Commission employee
The client liaison officer was originally given a suspended dismissal for ten years for gross dishonesty on condition she did not re-offend
Law | 26 June 2023
New Lottery boss promises huge clean-up
Apologies, reparations on the cards for staff hounded out by former corrupt Lottery bosses
Interview | 20 June 2023
Man behind failed Soweto sports centre has fingers in several Lottery pies
R750,000 paid to Petrus Sedibe’s private company two days after multi-million rand grant landed
By Raymond Joseph and Masego Mafata
News | 19 June 2023
Row over cost of Lottery’s annual reports
An answer in Parliament reveals millions of rand were spent on the reports over three years. But the company that produced them has defended its work and called on the DA to correct a condemnatory statement.
News | 13 June 2023