{"id":4587,"date":"2025-07-03T05:16:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T08:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=4587"},"modified":"2026-04-19T15:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T18:49:29","slug":"nlc-commits-r10-million-to-aid-eastern-cape-flood-relief-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/nlc-commits-r10-million-to-aid-eastern-cape-flood-relief-efforts","title":{"rendered":"NLC commits R10 million to aid Eastern Cape flood relief efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The funding for the project was approved under the NLC’s new Research-Based Funding (RBF)<\/strong> policy, which replaced the Proactive Funding model marred by exploitation and abuse under the previous NLC administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Africa.- The National Lotteries Commission (NLC)<\/strong> has pledged R10-million<\/strong> (\u20ac483,920) to assist communities in the Eastern Cape<\/strong> following the severe flooding disaster that has destroyed many homes and businesses and led to more than 100 fatalities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing the crisis, the NLC has commissioned the Small Projects Foundation (SPF)<\/strong> to execute the high-impact relief effort aimed at providing critical assistance to the affected communities, including food, shelter and medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Barney Pityana,<\/strong> NLC chairperson, the commission selected SPF because of its proven track record and over 36 years<\/strong> of experience in delivering impactful projects in health, education and social development in the Eastern Cape, particularly in the OR Tambo and Amathole Districts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding for the project was approved under the NLC’s new Research-Based Funding (RBF)<\/strong> policy, which replaced the Proactive Funding model marred by exploitation and abuse<\/a> under the previous NLC administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The RBF framework empowers the NLC to allocate funds to critical projects without a formal application process, ensuring rapid support for communities dealing with crises, emergencies and disasters. The RBF funding is then disbursed to a pre-approved panel of non-profit organisations, enabling the NLC to swiftly respond to disasters without the need for a lengthy tender process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jodi Scholtz<\/strong>, NLC commissioner, said: “Our interventions include the distribution of food parcels, clean water, clothing, school uniforms and supplies, sanitary pads and essential healthcare support. The relief will reach thousands of displaced and vulnerable households through a coordinated and accountable process supported by trained field teams across nine municipalities.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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The funding for the project was approved under the NLC’s new Research-Based Funding (RBF) policy, which replaced the Proactive Funding model marred by exploitation and abuse under the previous NLC administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":4592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) of South Africa has pledged R10-million for flood relief in the Eastern Cape, utilizing its new Research-Based Funding (RBF) policy. This policy replaces a previous model marred by exploitation and abuse, enabling rapid fund allocation to pre-approved non-profit organizations like the Small Projects Foundation (SPF) for crisis response.","focusai_entities":"National Lotteries Commission, Small Projects Foundation, Barney Pityana, Jodi Scholtz","focusai_location":"South Africa, Eastern Cape, OR Tambo District, Amathole Districts","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"RBF Policy Controls?","query":"What specific internal controls and audit mechanisms are embedded within the new Research-Based Funding (RBF) policy to prevent a recurrence of the 'exploitation and abuse' seen under the previous model?"},{"label":"RBF Scalability & Sustainability?","query":"How will the National Lotteries Commission ensure the long-term sustainability and scalability of the RBF model for future large-scale disaster responses, given its reliance on a pre-approved non-profit organization panel?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60020,60011],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-4587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-africa","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4587"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4619,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4587\/revisions\/4619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}