DA calls for National Lotteries Commission board to be sacked
The NLC’s Phillemon Letwaba has been implicated in money going to his own projects rather than the good causes it is meant for
24 January 2020 - 11:44
Trade and industry minister Ebrahim Patel is under pressure to sack the board of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) following fresh allegations of corruption at the regulatory body.
The commission, which is tasked with regulating lotteries and the distribution of funds to good causes, has faced constant allegations of corruption in recent years. Some parliamentarians have called for its proactive fund, which amounts to about R140m annually, to be investigated...
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