Isivumelwano sezigidigidi zamarandi sokuphatha ilotho kazwelonke yaseNingizimu Afrika sesibhekiwe ngemuva kokuvela kokuthi umndeni wePhini likaMengameli uPaul Mashatile uxhumene nalowo owinile.
ISizekhaya Holdings, eyanikezwa ilayisensi yelotho yeminyaka eyisishiyagalombili ngoMeyi 2025 nguNgqongqoshe Wezohwebo Nezimboni uParks Tau, ihlanganisa neBellamont Gaming njengomnikazi wamasheya. UBellamont uphethwe nguKhumo Bogatsu, ongusibali kaMashatile kanye newele likankosikazi wakhe, uHumile Mashatile. Usomabhizinisi uMnuz Moses Tembe ophinde abe ngumnikazi weBellamont ungusihlalo weSizekhaya.
Lesi sivumelwano, esilinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-R37, sivuse ukukhathazeka komphakathi mayelana nokuchema okungenzeka kube yipolitiki. Phambilini uTembe uke wabonakala ehambela imicimbi esezingeni eliphezulu noMashatile, okuhlanganisa nokwethulwa komqulu we-ANC ka-2024 kanye nengqungquthela yokutshalwa kwezimali eFrance ngo-2025.
Abagxeki bakholelwa ukuthi ubudlelwano bomndeni kanye nomphakathi buphakamisa imibuzo mayelana nokungakhethi nokungafihli kwenqubo yokubhida. Nokho, umkhulumeli kaMashatile, uKeith Khoza, ukubeke kwacaca ukuthi iphini likamengameli alizange libe neqhaza ekukhethweni nokuthi uhlelo lwelayisensi yelotho lungaphandle kwemisebenzi yakhe.
ISizekhaya Holdings isivikele isicelo sayo yathi ilandele yonke imigudu yomthetho. INational Lotteries Commission kanye noMnyango wezoHwebo neziMboni abake baphawula ngalolu daba.