Lottery fund distributor says it follows the “spirit and letter of the law”
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
Lottery COO sues GroundUp for R600k
Summons alleges defamation
Gaming the Lottery
Former National Lotteries Commission executive heads to Labour Court
Sershan Naidoo says he was questioning the use of Lottery funds
Gaming the Lottery
DTI washes its hands of lottery scandal
Minister Ebrahim Patel is legally obliged to hold the National Lotteries Commission accountable
Gaming the Lottery
Ebrahim Patel recommends criminal case in Lottery debacle
Minister expresses displeasure with Lottery’s own investigation into controversial grant
Gaming the Lottery
The Lottery-funded library with empty shelves
#DodgyLottery part three: R20 million has been spent on the Credo Mutwa Museum and Library, with very little to show for it
Gaming the Lottery
Lottery-funded rehab centre unfinished after two years
#DodgyLottery part four: R17 million has been spent on Kuruman facility
#DodgyLottery part one: National Lotteries Commission COO Phillemon Letwaba linked to controversial grants
Gaming the Lottery
Kuruman’s unfinished R23 million old age home
#DodgyLottery part two: The National Lotteries Commission has denied that companies linked to its COO are involved. We present evidence to the contrary.
Gaming the Lottery
Journalist receives strange letter from supposed lottery beneficiary
Letter follows exposé of controversies over lottery funding