Ramaphosa Stands Firm On Lotteries Probe
- President Cyril Ramaphosa has filed an affidavit in a court application by former Lotteries boss Alfred Nevhutanda.
- Nevhutanda is seeking to set aside Ramaphosas proclamation authorising the Special Investigating Unit SIU to probe corruption at the National Lottery Commission.
- The SIU, which is also opposing Nevhutandas application, says Nevhutandas true motive is to avoid the consequences of his alleged crimes.
- News24 Business front page .
President Cyril Ramaphosa is standing firm on his decision to sign a proclamation authorising the Special Investigating Unit SIU to probe corruption at the National Lotteries Commision NLC.
Ramaphosa has filed a personal affidavit in a court application launched in the Pretoria High Court by Alfred Nevhutanda, former chairman of the NLC, in which Nevhutanda seeks to review and set aside the proclamation signed in October 2020.
That application gave the SIU authority to investigate maladministration in the NLC from January 2014 to October 2020 which, Ramaphosa notes in his opposing affidavit, falls in the main under Nevhutandas tenure.
The investigation has led to the preservation of assets valued at R344 million, including a R27 million Pretoria mansion allegedly owned by Nevhutanda and bought with lottery funds.