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Lottery budgets nearly a quarter of a billion rand for legal fees

This is the cost of rooting out corruption, Commissioner Jodi Scholtz tells Parliament

The National Lotteries Commission has budgeted more than R230-million in legal fees over the next three years. Graphic: Lisa Nelson

The National Lotteries Commission has budgeted nearly a quarter of a billion rand for legal expenses in the next three years.
Briefing MPs on Wednesday, Commissioner Jodi Scholtz said this was “a necessary cost of rooting out corruption”.
The money will be spent “defending the NLC against frivolous interdicts and pursuing the recovery of stolen funds”, she said.

The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has budgeted to spend over R230.6-million in legal fees until the end of the 2029 financial year, to fight “frivolous interdicts” and recover stolen funds.
This eye-watering budget, which the NLC says was a “necessary cost of…

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