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 swindle: the story so far
Investigations have revealed years of looting
News | 11 August 2022
Lottery boss suspended for the third time for suspected corruption
Phillemon Letwaba is accused of abusing his position to enrich himself and his family
News | 5 August 2022
Lotteries executive was paid almost R1-million as a “performance bonus” – but he wasn’t even at work
Phillemon Letwaba earned nearly R4-million and Lotteries boss Thabang Mampane more than R4.5-million in the 2020/21 year
News | 3 August 2022
Money for school pays for Lottery boss’s golf estate home
Lottery grant was meant to rebuild a Limpopo school that burned down during protests
Feature | 28 July 2022
Lottery contractor gave millions towards ex-board chair’s mansion
A Special Tribunal preservation order freezing the luxury mansion of Alfred Nevhutanda left out several companies that also made contributions
News | 14 July 2022
Top Lottery exec to face new corruption inquiry
NLC serves its chief operating officer Phillemon Letwaba with a notice of intention to suspend him - for the third time
News | 11 July 2022
New information delays Lottery corruption report
The Special Investigating Unit was expected to hand its report to President Ramaphosa in April
Brief | 7 July 2022
SIU freezes mansion of former lottery chair
Under Alfred Nevhutanda’s tenure as chairperson of the Lottery board there was grand-scale corruption
News | 27 June 2022
Parliament approves Lottery board chair shortlist
Opposition parties object to the inclusion of Frank Chikane
Brief | 15 June 2022