Ramaphosa defends SIU lottery investigation in Pretoria court
President Cyril Ramaphosa opposed former National Lotteries Commission chair Alfred Nevhutanda’s bid to overturn the proclamation authorising an SIU investigation. The inquiry covers alleged misconduct at the commission from January 2014 to October 2020; Ramaphosa argued the NLC and its affiliated trust manage public funds and qualify as state entities.
The probe’s scope turns on whether the NLC and its affiliated trust qualify as state entities managing public funds.