South Africa: Gauteng Gambling Board names Anthea Platt SC as chair

The Executive Council of Gauteng has named the lawyer Anthea Platt SC as the new chair of the Gauteng Gambling Board.

South Africa.- The Executive Council of Gauteng has appointed a new chair to lead the Gauteng Gambling Board, which controls gambling licensing and supervision in a province that includes the major cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria.

The appointment of senior lawyer Anthea Platt SC has been approved by Parks Tau, executive member of Gauteng MEC’s committee for Economic, Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development. Platt previously served as a senior council member at The Legal Practice Council, the organisation that provides legislative oversight on South African legal codes.  

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The GGB was founded in 1995. Its 12-man board is currently in the process of selecting a new leadership team after it suspended chief executive Steven Ngubeni and other members of the executive team last year for breaching the GGB’s Disciplinary Code and Procedures.

Platt said: “As new members of the board, we are fully committed to regulating the gambling industry in a transparent, ethical, equitable, competent and efficient manner for the benefit of all stakeholders.

“We will work hard to improve the regulatory framework while we also ensure that we embrace new technologies through the introduction of new gambling legislation for the province. 

“It is essential that we discharge our duties to maintain law and order in the gambling industry by making sure that the environment is fair, not only for the licensees but also for the punters and all affected stakeholders.

“It is essential that the GGB continues to carry out its mandate and further contribute to the economic recovery solutions of the Gauteng Province.”

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