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The man who helped expose lottery corruption has died

Ado Krige supplied key documents that blew corruption at the NLC wide open

By GroundUp • 10 February 2026
The man who helped expose lottery corruption has died

Ado Krige, a man who exposed multi-million rand lottery corruption, has died. His courageous actions led to investigations into fraudulent grants and the misuse of public funds intended for drug rehabilitation centers. Krige faced intimidation and personal losses but remained steadfast in his pursuit of justice.

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It was late on a Friday afternoon in 2018, and Anton van Zyl, the publisher and owner of the Limpopo Mirror, was about to knock off for the weekend when the phone rang.

The caller was Ado Krige, the owner of a drug rehabilitation centre on the outskirts of Pretoria. Krige had seen Read more on our website