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Dodgy foundation must repay R4-million lottery grant meant for school boreholes

The boreholes had existed for three years before the NLC grant was awarded to the Mshandukani Foundation

The Mshandukani Foundation was awarded R4-million by the National Lotteries Commission to sink boreholes for Eastern Cape schools and clinics. But the boreholes already existed. Instead, the money was used for personal enrichment by lottery officials and their associates. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

National Lotteries Commission allocated a multimillion-rand grant in 2019 to the Mshandukani Foundation for boreholes to be installed in Eastern Cape schools and clinics.
But the boreholes had already existed for three years and the money was instead diverted to private companies and personal bank accounts including a company owned by the wife of a senior lottery official.
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