Corporate Social Review Magazine 1st Quarter 2013 | Page 37

In conversation

with Professor Nevhutanda
by Paul S Rowlston

Not long after their very successful Indaba the chairman of the National Lottery Board, Prof. Nevhutanda Alfred,
took the time to sit down with us for a conversation about some of the issues and ideas raised during the Indaba.

How do you feel about the NLB growth since the last Indaba?

I think we’ve taken some very big leaps, but I think we’re far from finished. We’re all on a journey together and we’d
be lying to each other if we didn’t recognise that we’re still facing lots of challenges. Our organisation, our partners,
the NGOs we work with, our whole society, we are all facing many serious challenges. But I really do believe that, by
working together, these are Challenges we can solve. It’s a journey and we’ve not reached our destination yet, but
we are still on the road … and we’re marching down that road together.

Looking at the NLB it does appear that sometimes you are taking issues and responsibilities that
are supposed to be addressed by our government?

The fact is, we’re often closer to civil society than it’s possible for a national government to be and
we’re also members of that civil society. And so we can’t keep quiet when civil society is suffering.
Some people ask why it is that we’re talking about the government’s National Development
Plan … Well, that’s easy. That’s because we are citizens. We must challenge the government.
Where the government fails to create jobs we do so with what little we have by working with
our partners and the NGOs. That is Ubuntu. We’re not aligned to government, we don’t serve
government, we serve civil society. And so our argument is simple: W ???????????????)??????????????????????????????9=???????????Q????????????????e??M??????)????????????ae???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????d?() ?????????????????????????????????????9@??M?????????????????????????)?????????????????Q???????????????????????()=???????????e?????????????????????????????????????%?e??????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???Q??????????M???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????$?????)????????????????????????????????U??????????e????????????????????????????Q??)??????????????????????????????????????????????e???????????????????()??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????????????????91????????)????????????????????????????????()?????????1???????????????????????????????????????????????????=????????)??????????????????????????????????????????????]??e????????????????)???????%?e?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????=??????)??????????91???????????????????????????????????????e???????????????????????????)????????????????M?????e???????????????????]??????????????????????????????????)9=????e????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????()e?????????????????????????????????????????????Q????????????????)??????????????????????????????%????????????????????????????????????)??? ?????1???????????????()A?????????????????????????????????A?????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????? ?????1?????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????-??????M???????????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????e????????????e????????????????????????????Q???????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????9=?)?????????????????????????????????????e???????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????????????]???????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????()=????????????????????????????????????????????????????!???????91?????????)??????????()A???????????A???????I??)5??????????????????()e??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????e?????????????)????????????? ???????????9=???????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????]???????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)Q????????????????????????????????????????????????]??e????????????????????????)9??e???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????=?????????????)??????????????????????9??e??????????????????????????????9??e???????????????)???????????????Q??????????????e???????????????????????????????????????????????]?????)
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