The man, who has been in South Africa for the past 10 years, decided to try his luck for the March 2 draw. He said this was the second time he had played the game.
The winner of the R12m jackpot says he will renovate his family home in Zimbabwe, buy himself a house and car, and invest the rest of the money.A Zimbabwean man has bagged the R12m South African national lottery jackpot, Ithuba said on Wednesday.
"A few weeks ago, I decided to give lotto a try for the first time and I won just over R200. I decided to play again. I did not think much about the numbers, I just randomly selected them.With his fortune now changed, the 34-year-old multimillionaire, whose identity is being protected, shared how he had had a tough upbringing in a child-headed household.
"My parents passed away when I was still very young and my sister had to step in as a mother figure to my siblings and me. Growing up in a child-headed home was tough – the poverty just never improved," he said.
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