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.
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
Army of fake companies used to defraud the Lottery
Documents and computers seized in raid on Lottery’s East London office as dodgy scheme implicating a former board member is uncovered
News | 17 November 2022
Terry Pheto’s house may go up for auction to recover Lottery funds
Numerous properties belonging to Lotteries Commission executives, their relatives and cronies frozen by court order
News | 7 November 2022
Why GroundUp is taking the Legal Practice Council to court
Matter is scheduled to be heard on Monday, 7 November Thursday 10 November in Johannesburg
GroundView | 2 November 2022
Millions to be spent to complete abandoned Lottery-funded projects
Engineers to be paid directly to finish multi-million rand infrastructure projects
News | 31 October 2022
Lottery cracks down on sky-high spending on lawyers
Minister demands details of legal costs
News | 20 October 2022