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Over R1,48-billion has been paid out to beneficiaries in the Eastern Cape since the National Lotteries Board (NLB) started distributing funds in 2002. In the 2013 financial year the province received R154 million in grants to a wide range of organisations, according to NLB spokesperson Sershan Naidoo. Speaking at a media briefing in the NLB's new offices in East London, Naidoo said the province had received on average nearly 18% of the R2 billion a year the board has to distribute. This … [Read more...] about Eastern Cape gets 17% cut of National Lottery funds