LOTTO WILL BE 'BIGGER AND BETTER'

KwaZulu-Natal businessman and chairman of Sizekhaya Holdings, Moses Tembe has promised a "bigger and better" lottery after the consortium was named as the operator of the National Lottery for the next eight years.

Sizekhaya is led by Tembe and Sandile Zungu, the owner of AmaZulu Football Club.

Speaking to The Mercury, Tembe said the lottery under Sizekhaya would be "bigger, better and exciting".

“As chairman of Sizekhaya, I can confirm that we will use this opportunity to generate jobs and stimulate the economy. We’re bringing in best in class technology never seen in our country."

Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau announced on Wednesday that Sizekhaya Holdings, a consortium partly owned by gambling company Goldrush, would be the operator. 

The announcement came after Gauteng High Court Judge Sulet Potterill ordered Tau to announce the bidder by May 28 and declared the decision to issue a temporary licence unconstitutional. 

However, to prevent lottery ticket sales from halting, Judge Potterill suspended the order for five months, allowing a temporary licence to be awarded for that period.