South Africa’s National Lottery under investigation due to corruption allegations

The Special Investigation Unit is investigating transactions dating back to January 2014

After a few days after being subject to scam allegations, the South African National Lottery offices were raided by The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) due to corruption and rampant fraud accusations.

The SIU came armed with warrants from a magistrate which gave them permission to confiscate documents, laptop and any other necessary files.

The spokesperson for the SIU, Kaizer Kganyago (pictured), said;

“We are here. We were granted a search warrant on [Monday] to come and get documents from the commission and all other areas where we can find the documents.”

Kganyago said that the SIU were asked to commence an investigation on the National Lottery due to the amount of allegations put forward in regards to the NLC. The investigation will look into all the transactions from Jan 1 2014 ‘until the date of proclamation.’

According to an official report, the SIU will investigate any alleged

1. serious maladministration in connection with the affairs of the NLC;
2. improper or unlawful conduct by employees or officials of the NLC;
3. unlawful appropriation or expenditure of public money or property;
4. unlawful, irregular or unapproved acquisitive act, transaction, measure or practice having? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? bearing upon State property;
5. intentional or negligent loss of public money or damage to public property;
6. offence referred to in Parts 1 to 4, or section 17, 20 or 21 (in so far as it relates to the? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? aforementioned offences) of Chapter 2 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Activities Act, 2004 (Act No. 12 of 2004), and which? offences were committed in? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? connection with the affairs of the NLC; or
7. unlawful or improper conduct by any person, which has caused or may cause serious? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? harm? to the interests of the public or any category thereof

The raid by the SIU comes after the President, Cyril Ramaphosa, authorised the investigation into the NLC. The President sanctioned an investigation due to reports by the minister of Trade & Industry that identified a number of suspicious transactions totaling hundreds of millions of rand.

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