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.
United Civil Society in Action sues GroundUp and the National Lotteries Commission
Case brought after GroundUp exposed dodgy grants and looting of funds
By Elna Schütz
News | 17 June 2020
Lottery fails to name beneficiaries of multimillion-rand Covid-19 fund
MP complains to Parliament about lack of disclosure
News | 11 June 2020
NPA declines to prosecute Lottery looter
This is a civil matter, says state advocate
News | 3 June 2020
Lottery throws millions more at dodgy projects
The National Lotteries Commission has refused to disclose its beneficiaries. But we found them
By Raymond Joseph and Anton van Zyl
News | 25 May 2020
Lotto looter Lesley Ramulifho has committed fraud and perjury
Affidavit contains manipulated bank statements and forged signatures
News | 13 May 2020
Covid-19: Minister puts a stop to lottery ticket sales
Unclear why National Lotteries Commission was selling a non-essential good during lockdown
News | 25 April 2020
Covid-19: You can’t buy warm food, but you can buy Lottery tickets
No explanation offered as to why this has remained an essential good
Opinion | 24 April 2020
Dodgy off-the-shelf companies cash in on Lottery millions
Huge grants given to Lottopreneurs with no track record
News | 10 April 2020
Lottery was warned in 2014 about fraud – and yet it continued
Had all the recommendations been taken seriously hundreds of millions of rands would not have been wasted in subsequent years
News | 3 April 2020