Millions of lotto welfare cash used for houses and loans

Chief national investigations officer Leonard Lekgetho said the SIU would seek to recover any losses made by the NLC as a result of millions being siphoned off into the personal accounts of senior NLC officials, their relatives and members of the board

03 March 2022 - 07:56
By Nomazima Nkosi

Instead of building drug rehabilitation centres, old age homes and empowerment workshops, millions of funds from the NLC were used to buy luxury homes, vehicles and for the repayment of personal loans.

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