Minister Ebrahim Patel confirms probe in letter to Parliament.
Among the people, the NLC investigators have interviewed are Takelani Tshikalange, the founder of Denzhe Primary Care, and members of the NPO’s board. Denzhe wasand used to successfully apply for R27.5-million for a drug rehabilitation centre that has never been completed. At least R20-million in Lottery funding is unaccounted for.
Tshikilange confirmed to GroundUp that she and four other founding members who set up Denzhe in 2012 have sworn affidavits about the hijacking of their NPO. Tshikilange said she had also confirmed that she had not signed an affidavit that Ramulifho“I am glad that something is finally happening and that the truth will finally come out,” Tshikilange told GroundUp.
Also interviewed by the investigators is Ado Krige, who runs the drug rehab that was used in Denzhe’s Lottery funding application. Unknown to Krige at the time, the funding was meant to build a brand new facility. But instead, Ramulifho demolished the existing facility in order to pretend it was being started from scratch. Both Krige and Tshikilange laid criminal charges against Ramulifho but the National Prosecuting Authority“This is just the beginning, I am not finished with this yet.
The investigators have also met with OUTA, which has been conducting its own investigation into Lottery funding, including a Lottery-funded
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