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patron of the South African Business we have given R2.75 billion to good
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Coalition on HIV/AIDS and private causes, 219 millionaires to the value of
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sector representative on the South R720 million have been created, and
African National Aids Council as well R492 million has been paid to retailers
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as professor extraordinaire (and in commission.” The former operator
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chair) of the African Centre for HIV/ of the national lottery has a reputation
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AIDS Management at the University for poor delivery and corruption, but
of Stellenbosch. “I tend to be profiled Khumalo is well on the way to changing
R as a philanthropic softie, but I am a this perception and is clear that this is
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business guy,” he proclaims, adding: not the function of Gidani. He explains
“You need a good mix in the corporate that Gidani is responsible for creating
environment. You must have a products and resources and producing
strong social conscience or social winners for the national lottery while
consciousness. At the same time, you the National Distribution Lottery Fund,
need to have the necessary business a separate entity that calls for and
sense, which is sound and effective.” receives the funding applications,
evaluates where the money should go
The National Lottery and Gidani and distributes it.
So, this is the man responsible
for the huge amounts of money Character-building background
generated by the lottery. In 1999, the Khumalo himself has experienced
government introduced the national poverty and hardship in his life, yet he
lottery to try and address poverty, does not dwell on it. Considering that
underdevelopment and a need for at the height of apartheid Khumalo’s
resources – Gidani was formed in 2005 childhood in KwaZulu-Natal was rudely
Prof Bongani Khumalo with
to compete for the licence to operate interrupted by the 1963 Group Areas
King Goodwill Zwelithini
the South African National Lottery, Act, which saw him uprooted and
and since being given the contract in relocated together with his family to a credits his tough childhood experiences
October 2007, it has allocated 34% of shantytown, Khumalo’s achievements as well as his wonderful parents for
its revenue to good causes. Khumalo are that much more impressive. Despite instilling in him strong character, an
says, “We are very proud of the fact this early trauma, Khumalo is devoid understanding of politics, his focus
that since we have been in operation of bitterness or victimhood. In fact, he as well as his sense of the difference
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