March 28, 2023
South Africa: Concern in Parliament Over Slow Pace of Prosecutions for Lottery Corruption
"We hear a lot of investigation this, investigation that, but we don't see anyone going to jail" says MP Read more »
March 31, 2023
South Africa: Financial Services Company Ordered to Pay Client More Than R800,000 Lost in Cybercrime Fraud
Judge found that PSG Wealth Financial Planning had not complied with its own policy to protect clients against cybercrime Read more »
March 23, 2023
South Africa: Thabo Bester Saga - Nandipha Magudumana Abandons Her Rented Mansion
Landlord tried to stop associates of Magudumana from removing some of the household contents Read more »
South Africa: Key Legal Files Involving Lottery's Multimillion-Rand Litigation Have Vanished
Minister suspects collaboration between former National Lotteries Commission and lawyers Read more »
March 15, 2023
South Africa: Social Justice Coalition Battling to Stay Afloat
No money for staff as funders suspend payments during investigation into fraud by former manager Xolani Klaas Read more »
February 07, 2023
South Africa: Corruption Blamed for Ten-Year Delay in Service Delivery in Tshwane Settlement
Councillor says the area first has to be rezoned Read more »
February 01, 2023
South Africa: Corruption-Buster Found Not Guilty of All Charges Levelled At Her By PRASA
Martha Ngoye vindicated as holes poked in testimony of PRASA's witness Read more »
January 12, 2023
South Africa: 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 Read more »
December 19, 2022
South Africa: 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 Read more »
December 15, 2022
South Africa: Leaked Report Shows How Lottery School Toilet Project Was Hijacked
Forensic probe reveals details of National Lotteries Commission fiasco in Eastern Cape and Limpopo Read more »
December 12, 2022
South Africa: R15 Million for 5-Night Show - the Tsotsti Star's Lottery-Funded Musical
Part one in a series about the Southern African Youth Movement and the Lottery Read more »
December 07, 2022
South Africa: Parliament Silent On MPs Implicated in PRASA Corruption
Formal complaint was sent by #UniteBehind to ethics committee in September Read more »
November 30, 2022
South Africa: Senior Lotteries Staff Suspended As Corruption Crackdown Gains Momentum
Key officials in the firing line Read more »
November 25, 2022
South Africa: 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 Read more »
November 18, 2022
South Africa: How an Honest Prasa Worker Turned Down Corrupt Money and Helped Uncover Fraud
Over R9-million worth of bogus claims processed in just six months - in a scheme that could run back to 2014 Read more »
November 01, 2022
South Africa: A Victory for Prasa's Corruption-Busters
The dismissal of Siyangena's court appeal vindicates years of hard work Read more »
September 14, 2022
South Africa: Auditor-General Issues Damning Report On Lottery Finances
R23-million in irregular expenditure; R36-million in accounting errors Read more »
September 13, 2022
South Africa: Court Orders Eastern Cape Health MEC to Reinstate Whistleblower
A woman has been compensated for the "punishment" she received for reporting attempted nepotism in the department Read more »
September 01, 2022
South Africa: National Lotteries Commission Ignored Warnings About Corruption
For years, the Lottery avoided, dismissed or suppressed recommendations by at least three reports urging it to take action Read more »
August 25, 2022
South Africa: Lotteries Commission Chief Resigns Amid Controversy
Implicated in numerous allegations of lottery corruption, he was due to face a disciplinary hearing Read more »
August 23, 2022
South Africa: Prasa Whistleblower Speaks Out
It's not just the masters of corruption that need to be brought to justice but the consultants and bureaucrats who helped them Read more »
August 16, 2022
South Africa: Lottery Boss Resigns With 'Immediate Effect'
The NLC was overwhelmed with corruption during Thabang Mampane's tenure as Commissioner Read more »
August 05, 2022
South Africa: Lottery Boss Suspended for the Third Time for Suspected Corruption
Phillemon Letwaba is accused of abusing his position to enrich himself and his family Read more »
August 03, 2022
South Africa: Lotteries Chief Paid 'Performance Bonus' When 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 Read more »
July 28, 2022
South Africa: 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 Read more »