Lottery Commission Seeks Action Against South African Minister
The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has applied for an urgent court order to force Minister of Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel to appoint a new board or extend the term of current board members, writes Raymond Joseph for GroundUp.
Alternatively, the NLC wants Patel to extend the terms of the three remaining board members until a new board is appointed. This is the latest round of litigation by the NLC against Patel, who has oversight over the Lottery.
In another current court action, the NLC petitioned the Supreme Court of Appeal for leave to appeal a High Court ruling confirming Patel's power to investigate corruption involving the Commission.
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Cabinet has noted what it called the "remarkable progress" achieved by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) in their intensive investigation of maladministration and corruption within the National Lotteries Commission (NLC).
"This will ensure the necessary steps can be taken to hold accountable persons or or"anisations implicated in the unlawful misappropriation of funds earmarked to
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The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) has presented what Raymond Joseph of GroundUp described as a "litany of fraud, money laundering and networks of corruption" involving a senior member of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), his family and two former board members, and hijacked non-profits and shelf companies to Parliament.
The SIU was reporting to Parliament's
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A recommendation from the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has resulted in the suspension of National Lotteries Commission (NLC) Chief Phillemon Letwaba, writes Raymond Joseph for GroundUp.
Letwaba had recently returned to work less than three months after after a 17-month "leave of absence" when the NLC appointed audit firm Sekela Xabiso to probe improper spending. The SIU began its investigation into corruption at the NLC after President Cyril
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