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Official Calls for Dismissal of South African Lottery Board

Minister of Trade and Industry, Ebrahim Patel, has made a call to place the National Lotteries Commission under administration, fire its board and suspend its Chief Operating Officer, Phillemon Letwaba. This comes in the light of ongoing revelations of fraud, corruption and nepotism involving multi-million rand Lottery grants.

South Africa: Member of Parliament Calls for Lottery Board to Be Fired

GroundUp, 23 January 2020

A call has been made for Minister of Trade and Industry, Ebrahim Patel, to place the National Lotteries Commission under administration, fire its board and suspend its Chief… Read more »

Photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Nearly a third of the price of a Lottery ticket goes to charity via the National Lotteries Commission (NLC). The NLC has decided not to identify who those charities are or how much they receive (file photo).

South Africa: Money From Lottery Goes to Cousin of National Lotteries Commission Boss

GroundUp, 20 January 2020

Only a fraction of the R11 million grant appears to have gone to its intended purpose Read more »
South Africa: Top Lottery Executives Coin It

GroundUp, 9 December 2019

More than R14 million was spent on executive salaries at the National Lotteries Commission in the year ended March 2019. This was revealed in a report tabled in parliament last… Read more »
South Africa: Mystery Limpopo Outfit Gets Multi-Million Rand Lottery Contract for Old Age Home in Mpumalanga

GroundUp, 6 December 2019

A non-profit organisation in Limpopo that had failed to meet its statutory reporting obligations for at least five years was awarded at least R20 million by the National Lotteries… Read more »
South Africa: National Lotteries Commission Grilled in Parliament

GroundUp, 6 November 2019

"We've come with the correct pictures of the toilets we've built in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape. You can give us two members [of Parliament] to go see what we've built. The… Read more »
South Africa: Former National Lotteries Commission Executive Heads to Labour Court

GroundUp, 9 October 2019

Sershan Naidoo, for many years the public face of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), was dumped in December 2017 after 19 years at the NLC for reasons that remain shrouded in… Read more »
South Africa: Lottery Whistleblower Pays a High Price

GroundUp, 19 September 2019

But evidence supports his allegations Read more »
South Africa: Kuruman's Unfinished R23 Million Old Age Home

GroundUp, 5 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. Read more »
South Africa: Probe Into Fraud and Corruption At National Lotteries Commission

GroundUp, 13 May 2019

An investigation has been launched into the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) following allegations of fraud and corruption involving grant allocations to "good causes". Read more »

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South African Lottery Commission Faces Fraud Probe

The Department of Trade and Industry has launched an investigation into the National Lotteries Commission following allegations of fraud and corruption involving grant ... Read more »
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