Another celeb is firing back after getting named in that endless lottery corruption probe. Media personality Minnie Dlamini just posted a lengthy statement because the SIU mentioned she repaid fifty thousand rand linked to a dodgy 2016 grant. She's absolutely furious, calling it an unfair public attack on her reputation over a standard booking.
Her story is that she was paid a normal appearance fee for an event that got cancelled at the last minute, which happens all the time in the industry. She says she had zero idea where the organizers got the cash and that non-refundable fees are standard practice. The reason she paid it back after all these years, according to her, is that the amount was small enough that it wasn't worth the ongoing hit to her brand, not because she did anything wrong. She stressed repeatedly that she didn't steal anything; she was just a service provider.
Other famous people jumped into the comments to back her up. Somizi Mhlongo called her a sacrificial lamb to distract from bigger thieves, questioning why they're fixated on fifty grand when millions are missing. Actress Amanda du Pont pointed out that performers can't run deep background checks on every client and that this is just sensationalist junk. The whole thing is another messy chapter in the long-running lottery scandal, where someone's reputation becomes collateral damage.
Her story is that she was paid a normal appearance fee for an event that got cancelled at the last minute, which happens all the time in the industry. She says she had zero idea where the organizers got the cash and that non-refundable fees are standard practice. The reason she paid it back after all these years, according to her, is that the amount was small enough that it wasn't worth the ongoing hit to her brand, not because she did anything wrong. She stressed repeatedly that she didn't steal anything; she was just a service provider.
Other famous people jumped into the comments to back her up. Somizi Mhlongo called her a sacrificial lamb to distract from bigger thieves, questioning why they're fixated on fifty grand when millions are missing. Actress Amanda du Pont pointed out that performers can't run deep background checks on every client and that this is just sensationalist junk. The whole thing is another messy chapter in the long-running lottery scandal, where someone's reputation becomes collateral damage.
