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COMMITTEE NOTES THE NATIONAL LOTTERY LICENCE AWARD PROCESS AND EXPLANATION ON THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONS  

 
Parliament, Tuesday, 24 June 2025 – The Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition has noted the explanation provided after concerns raised on the process surrounding the awarding of the fourth National Lottery Licence. 
 
The committee today engaged the Executive led by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr Parks Tau, and the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) on the process of appointing a new National Lottery operator and the steps taken to ensure continued lottery operations.
 
This comes after the successful appointment of the fourth new National Lottery licensee, on 28 May 2025. The committee, as part of its oversight mandate, has been monitoring the process to ensure openness, transparency and fairness, as well as to ensure accountability in this regard. Recognising the importance of the National Lottery to South Africa’s socio-economic development, it was important that full disclosure be made before Parliament and the questions that the committee had put before the Executive.  
 
The Minister and NLC confirmed that all applicants were assessed against strict legal and technical criteria under the Lotteries Act, including in terms of capacity, financial strength, and social responsibility commitments. 
 
The engagement also addressed other issues that had been raised by the committee including allegations of conflict of interest. 

The committee was informed that:
• An internal investigation found no conflict of interest involving members of the Evaluation Committee.

• In terms of section 13(2)(b)(iv) of the Lotteries Act, the Minister must satisfy himself that no political party in the Republic or political office-bearer has any direct financial interest in the applicant or a shareholder of the applicant. In this regard, the Minister indicated that legal advice was sought, and he was satisfied with the outcomes.
 
The NLC informed the committee that the appointment of the fourth National Lottery licence followed a competitive bidding process.
 
To prevent disruption of National Lottery operations after the expiry of the third National Lottery licence on 31 May 2025, the Minister also issued a temporary licence under section 13B of the Act. Although all eight applicants for the fourth National Lottery licence were eligible to apply, only the incumbent submitted a bid and they met all requirements for the temporal licence. 
 
The Chairperson, Mr Mzwandile Masina, said “Sections 13B and 14 of the Lotteries Act provides the Minister the necessary legislative authority to issue a temporary licence and to appoint the fourth National Lottery operator licence. Based on these provisions, the committee is not questioning the grounds on which the Minister made these decisions but is rather exercising its oversight role to ensure that the process is transparent and fair”.
 
The committee wishes not to be drawn into ongoing media speculations and directs all technical and awards related enquiries to the Ministry and the NLC. 

We remain committed to holding the Executive to account without necessarily attempting to engage in co-decision making. 

The committee will continuously monitor the operationalisation of the new licence operator, as well as any matters that may arise in this regard.

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