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.
Youth organisation scored big time from Lottery amendment for which it lobbied
Southern African Youth Movement picked up millions, thanks to the introduction of a new kind of funding
Analysis | 23 January 2023
How Lottery money was used to fund mansions for high flyers
Five luxury properties connected to misappropriated Lottery grants have been frozen by the Asset Forfeiture Unit
News | 16 January 2023
Mystery: Why did a youth movement get lottery funding to build an old age home that doesn’t appear to be needed?
Five years later, the R27.5-million facility hasn’t opened
News | 12 January 2023
R27-million from Lottery but six years later rehab still not operational
A leaked investigation report finds that value of construction work falls short of the funds paid by the NLC
News | 19 December 2022
Leaked report shows how Lottery school toilet project was hijacked
Forensic probe reveals details of National Lotteries Commission fiasco in Eastern Cape and Limpopo
By Daniel Steyn
News | 15 December 2022
R15m for 5-night show - the Tsotsi star’s Lottery-funded musical
Part one in a series about the Southern African Youth Movement and the Lottery
News | 12 December 2022
New full-time Lotteries boss to be appointed early next year
GroundUp has learned that Jodi Scholtz will take over as Commissioner of the National Lotteries Commission
Brief | 6 December 2022
Senior Lotteries staff suspended as corruption crackdown gains momentum
Key officials in the firing line
News | 30 November 2022
GroundUp’s Raymond Joseph wins journalist of the year award for exposing Lottery corruption
For years he has been tenaciously reporting on shenanigans at the National Lotteries Commission
News | 25 November 2022