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GroundUp reports that Jodi Scholtz, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Department of Trade, Industry and Commerce (DTIC), will take over as Commissioner of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) from early next year.
Her appointment has yet to be officially announced, but it has been confirmed by three different sources with knowledge of the appointment. Scholz was deployed to the SA Bureau of Standards (SABS) as co-administrator in 2018, after it was placed under administration. She was promoted to lead administrator in 2020 but has retained her DTIC COO title throughout her deployment. Scholtz will take over as NLC Commissioner at a time when the organisation is facing a credibility crisis. It is under investigation by the Hawks and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), which recently told Parliament it was probing dodgy Lottery grants worth over R14-billion. The entire NLC board has been replaced and the former Commissioner, Thabang Mampane, resigned with immediate effect in August, just weeks before her term ended. Former NLC COO Phillemon Letwaba resigned with immediate effect just over a week after Mampane quit, and shortly before he was due to appear before a disciplinary hearing to answer charges of abusing his position to enrich himself and his family. Several senior staff members have also been suspended and will face disciplinary hearings early in 2023. Scholtz, who has worked for DTIC since 2002, is said to be well-qualified for the task of repairing the damage caused to the NLC by years of rampant corruption.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Raymond Joseph at GroundUp
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