Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) again calls on Minister Ebrahim Patel to fire the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) board and place the entity under administration after yesterday’s meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition. In the meeting, the Director-General of the Department, Lionel October, informed us that an investigation into corruption at the NLC conducted by his department had been handed over to law enforcement agencies. According to … [Read more...] about Fire the NLC Board and place it under administration
Mat Cuthbert
National Lotteries Commission acted unlawfully
Dear MyPE Today, the Democratic Alliance (DA) presented its own legal opinion regarding the ongoing refusal by the National Lotteries Commission’s (NLC) to disclose grant beneficiaries to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition. The DA has taken the extraordinary step of soliciting our own legal opinion after the Committee Chairperson, Duma Nkosi, had failed to present a legal opinion solicited from Parliament’s legal advisor, despite it having been requested 28 … [Read more...] about National Lotteries Commission acted unlawfully
NLC refuse to disclose Covid-19 relief fund beneficiaries
Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) has requested that the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) appear before Parliament’portfolio committee on trade, industry and competition to come clean on all the organisations that have received funding from their Covid-19 Relief Fund. We have been reliably informed that these funds may have been used to finish off infrastructure projects where money had previously been misappropriated to bankroll connected individuals’ lavish … [Read more...] about NLC refuse to disclose Covid-19 relief fund beneficiaries
SAA price gouging repatriation tickets
Dear MyPE According to the South African Airlines (SAA) website, repatriation tickets from Washington, United States of America (USA) to OR Tambo International Airport, South Africa have increased in price by 133.3% from roughly R15 000 to R35 000 in under a week. This comes off the back of SAA and aviation authorities’ decision to block international airlines from providing a similar repatriation service in order to monopolise the market and prop up our failing national carrier. In … [Read more...] about SAA price gouging repatriation tickets
