Sports Organisation Hides How R17-million Lottery Funding Was Used

Picture and Words Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph / GroundUp

A physical education non-profit company received R17.6-million from the National Lotteries Commission NLC to organise sporting events, but has refused to provide details on how the money was used.

GroundUp has reliably learnt that the grants paid to the Physical Education Institute of South Africa PEISA are under investigation by the Special Investigations Unit.

A breakdown of the grants provided by the NLC gives only vague budget categories . In 2020, PEISA was allocated R12.5-million for women and youth empowerment in high performance sport budgeted as follows

R2.8-million for travel and accommodation for a domestic competition

R2-million for accommodation and meals for an international competition

R5.7-million for transformation and development

R1.5-million for organising local competitions and leagues and

R500k for administration fees

The NLC did not say which sports were funded or what competitions were organised with this money. It is also not clear how the budget amounts were calculated.