I have been furnished with a reply to the question submitted, by Ms Thabang Mampane, Commissioner of the National Lotteries Commission, which is reproduced below. In view of the costs per participant, I have requested the Department to consider following this up with the Board of the NLC.
The reply of Ms Mampane, the Commissioner is as follows:
a) “(i) In terms of the allocation about R 801 000.00 (eight hundred and one thousand) was spent on the workshop.
(ii) According to the allocation, funds were provided generally for a programme and not for infrastructure.
b) Kindly see (ii) above.
c) The event was planned for 150 people.
d) In Cape Town.”
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