By Johnatahan Paoli
Just hours before the expiration of Ithuba Holdings’ licence, Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau confirmed a last-minute deal to extend the company’s stewardship of South Africa’s National Lottery operations for another year.
In a strongly worded response to the court’s earlier ruling, Tau emphasised that the public interest remained paramount, despite disagreeing with the earlier May judgement.
“I take issue with the judgment of the High Court of 21 May, which found that the Temporary Licence Request for Proposal (RFP) was not valid and have appealed this judgment. The court accepted that it is in the public interest that the National Lottery should continue to operate to raise revenues to fund worthy causes notwithstanding that the court was not satisfied with the RFP process,” he said.
The move ensures no disruption to lottery services, amid a legal and administrative scramble over the future of the
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