Former Lottery boss recommended R4.8m grant for his wife’s company

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Former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) chief operating officer PhillemonLetwaba recommended that a R4.8 million grant for a rural soccer tournament be given to a company in which both his wife and his business partner were directors. Moneyweb Fraud

Former National Lotteries Commission chief operating officer Phillemon Letwaba recommended that a R4.8 million grant for a rural soccer tournament be given to a company in which both his wife and his business partner were directors. The application by non-profit company Zibsimanzi, of which his wife Rebotile Malomane was a director, was recommended by Letwaba. It was approved, on the same day, by former NLC Commissioner Thabang Mampane.

Zibsimanzi’s application claimed that the soccer tournament, in Phalaborwa, Limpopo, would involve 3 000 people — 2 000 youth and 1 000 women — from “towns and townships” in the province. Participants would include teams of older women, Zibsimanzi chairperson Judith Mashaba said in the hand-written, illegible in parts, application.

SkX battled to get information from Zibsimanzi. The frustration of SkX’s investigators is clear from correspondence with Zibsimanzi’s lawyers, Dinana Reid Inc, which is included in the report to the NLC.

Letwaba did not respond to GroundUp’s questions. Malomane confirmed that she is a director of Zibsimanzi but said: “I was not aware of any application for funding for the organisation.” “I am also not aware, nor was I made aware, about the operations of the organisation,” she said. “I run multiple businesses that require my time and attention. I am not aware of the internal operations at NLC and therefore I cannot comment on what was presented to my husband at the time of recommendation.

 

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