The National Lotteries Commission has refused to disclose its beneficiaries. But we found them
Project: Gaming the Lottery
An unprecedented international investigation into the global lottery industry. It involves close to 40 people from 10 countries working in journalism and civic tech organizations in Africa, Europe and the United States.
Gaming the Lottery
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
Gaming the Lottery
Covid-19: Minister puts a stop to lottery ticket sales
Unclear why National Lotteries Commission was selling a non-essential good during lockdown
Gaming the Lottery
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
Gaming the Lottery
Dodgy off-the-shelf companies cash in on Lottery millions
Huge grants given to Lottopreneurs with no track record
Gaming the Lottery
How the Lottery funded an R8.5 million Facebook page
Director of Harmonica Jazz Foundation was a member of a National Lotteries Commission distributing agency
Gaming the Lottery
“Scandal-ridden” Lottery chairperson to serve extra year
The controversial tenure of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) board chairperson Alfred Nevhutanda will end in November in terms of a “full and final settlement” agreement between him and the Minister of Trade and Industry, who has oversight over the Lottery. It means that Nevhutanda will have served for 11 years in the position even […]
Gaming the Lottery
National Lotteries Commission refuses to release list of beneficiaries
NLC chairperson claims people are making money off the beneficiary list
Gaming the Lottery
Lottery officials fibbed about clean audits
NLC received a qualified audit for the 2017/18 financial year
Gaming the Lottery
Zibsifusion: a case study of Lottery corruption
Toilets were promised to schools with pit latrines, but never delivered