{"id":18802,"date":"2026-10-22T11:20:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=18802"},"modified":"2026-10-22T11:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:20:56","slug":"four-months-in-is-sas-new-lottery-operator-delivering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=18802","title":{"rendered":"Four months in: Is SA\u2019s new lottery operator delivering?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here.<\/p>\n<p>Localisation Support Fund CEO Irshaad Kathrada explains how building more buses in South Africa could boost GDP, create jobs and strengthen local manufacturing. Sizekhaya Holdings COO Fundi Sithebe gives us a progress report on South Africa\u2019s new lottery operator, four months into the job. Investec investment strategist Osagyefo Mazwai looks at the economic stakes of the upcoming local government elections. And Altera Biosciences founder Dr Michael Pepper examines whether South Africa can turn its world-class biotech talent and research into globally competitive treatments and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>Guests on today\u2019s show:<\/p>\n<p>Irshaad Kathrada: CEO, Localisation Support Fund (LSF)<br \/>Fundi Sithebe: COO, Sizekhaya Holdings<br \/>Osagyefo Mazwai: Investment strategist, Investec Wealth<br \/>Dr Michael Pepper: Founder, Altera Biosciences<\/p>\n<p>                        #months #SAs #lottery #operator #delivering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here. Localisation Support Fund CEO Irshaad&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[8609,5524,94,3650,415],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18802"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}