1. (a) According to the response received from the NGB, Mr Biyela was never an employee of the Gauteng Gambling Board.
(b) According to the response received from the NGB, Mr Mokhobo served as an Acting Chief Executive Officer of the GGB.
(c) According to the response received from the NGB, Mr Mokhobo served as an Acting Chief Executive Officer of the GGB from 01 January 1998 to 14 April 1998.
(d) According to the response received from the NGB, the position was vacant since the then Chief Executive Officer had resigned in December 1997.
(e) At the time the Board had appointed Gobodo Incorporated to assist it with the probity investigations relating to the casino licence applications in terms of section 15 of the Gauteng Gambling Board Act, Mr Mokhobo was responsible for the Gobodo investigating team. Mr Mokhobo was appointed as the Acting Chief Executive Officer whilst the recruitment process was underway. A permanent Chief Executive Officer was then appointed effective from 15 April 1998.The appointment of Mr Mokhobo did not breach any of the board’s policy concerning the conflict of interest since Gobodo was not an applicant to the Board nor licencee; and was already performing duties on behalf of the Board.
2. According to the response received from the NLC, the NLC does not know who the financial stakeholders of the applicants are as this information is not required.
3. According to the response received from the NLC, the response is no.
4. According to the response received from the NLC, the response is no. Recordings are only kept for a period of five years. The adjudication of the application was in 2008, and therefore records are not available.