THE DA has called for the National Lotteries Act to be amended with the aim of ridding the lotteries board of perceived political interference.
DA MP Jacques Smalle, who also serves on parliament’s trade and industry portfolio committee, yesterday said his party had noted a growing trend wherein needy charities were being overlooked by the lotto’s board in favour of Anc-aligned organisations. Smalle told journalists in Cape Town that a total of 16 needy organisations in the Eastern Cape were last year denied funding by the lotteries board simply because they received money in the previous years, while a further six applications had not been responded to.
“The lotteries board needs to explain why these organisations have been declined funding while Ancaligned bodies like Cosatu have received millions,” he said.
By THABO MOKONE, Daily Dispatch, 26 January 2012
“The lotteries board needs to explain why these organisations have been declined funding while Ancaligned bodies like Cosatu have received millions,” he said.
By THABO MOKONE, Daily Dispatch, 26 January 2012
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