Minister Zulu reveals that NGO who received R5.5 million from the NLC had no bank account
06 January 2021
In December 2020, the Democratic Alliance (DA) revealed damning evidence related to a “Mystery Project” in Louis Trichardt that the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) had given R5.5 million to.
We discovered that this organisation was allegedly aligned to the ANC and campaigning on their behalf during the 2016 local government elections.
In addition, journalist Anton van Zyl revealed that this money was granted through the proactive funding mechanism which implies “…that a worthy project is identified (following proper research) and an “operator” is found to manage the project”.
During our investigation into this project we submitted several questions to Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu in order to ascertain the compliance status of this non-governmental organisation (NGO).