GroundUp reports that the Commissioner of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has resigned “with immediate effect” just weeks before her term expires at the end of September.
Thabang Charlotte Mampane served ten years as Commissioner – effectively chief executive officer of the NLC. Her first five-year contract was extended in September 2017. Last year Mampane earned R4.5-million. The NLC has been overwhelmed with corruption over the past few years. Mampane’s resignation comes just over two weeks after GroundUp revealed that Lottery funding meant to build a Limpopo school razed by fire during a protest had been used to pay for her luxury home in a golf estate. Apparently, Mampane was going to face disciplinary action in connection with the use of Lottery money to purchase her house. It is unclear what the effect of her sudden resignation will be on this process. The purchase of the house is also under investigation by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), which has been probing corruption involving Lottery funds ever since President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a proclamation in October 2020 authorising the investigation. Thendo Ramagoma, the former deputy of the NLC’s Arts and Culture distributing agency and current legal executive, has been acting as Commissioner since Mampane went on leave two weeks ago.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Raymond Joseph at GroundUp
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