JOHANNESBURG - Someone has won the R124 million lottery jackpot.
The bad news for The National Lotteries Commission that oversees the distribution of lottery funds to worthy causes is that the Auditor General has urged it to tighten its controls.
For the 2023-24 financial year it issued the Commission with a qualified audit, flagging poor financial oversight, non-compliance and R720 million in unspent grant funding.
The National Lotteries Commission has been plagued by corruption for over a decade.
A new board was launched in 2022 was appointed to clean up.
The Chairperson of the Board of the National Lotteries Commission, Professor Barney Pityana discussed this with eNCA.