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.
Lesley Ramulifho paid for fancy restaurants, high-end interior decor and work on a Porsche using money meant for a drug rehab
Feature | 22 October 2019
Lottery fund distributor says it follows the “spirit and letter of the law”
Right to reply | 10 October 2019
Sershan Naidoo says he was questioning the use of Lottery funds
By Ciaran Ryan
News | 9 October 2019
But evidence supports his allegations
Feature | 19 September 2019
Minister expresses displeasure with Lottery’s own investigation into controversial grant
News | 6 September 2019
Minister Ebrahim Patel is legally obliged to hold the National Lotteries Commission accountable
By Tessa Knight
News | 15 August 2019
#DodgyLottery part four: R17 million has been spent on Kuruman facility
Feature | 12 August 2019
#DodgyLottery part three: R20 million has been spent on the Credo Mutwa Museum and Library, with very little to show for it
Feature | 7 August 2019
#DodgyLottery part two: The National Lotteries Commission has denied that companies linked to its COO are involved. We present evidence to the contrary.
Feature | 5 August 2019
#DodgyLottery part one: National Lotteries Commission COO Phillemon Letwaba linked to controversial grants
Feature | 1 August 2019
R10 million grant went to Gauteng company with no experience
Feature | 24 May 2019
Letter follows exposé of controversies over lottery funding
News | 22 May 2019
Department of Trade and Industry ordered investigation, but Lottery spins a different story
News | 16 May 2019
Trade and Industry minister Rob Davies orders investigation
News | 13 May 2019
Photos used to show progress building ablution facilities at different schools are of the same structures
By Anton van Zyl, Bernard Chiguvare, Kaizer Nengovhela and Raymond Joseph
Feature | 3 May 2019