# Trade, Industry and Competition minister Parks Tau is expected to appoint a new National Lotteries Commission chairperson soon, following the resignation of Barney Pityana. The 80-year-old stepped down with two years left in his five-year term, after being appointed in 2022 to replace scandal-hit Alfred Nevhutanda. Tau who recently returned from the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development Summit in Japan, will seek a leader to drive anti-corruption reforms as the Special Investigating Unit continues probing irregular projects worth over two-billion-rand.
Minister Tau tasked to appoint new Lotteries Commission chair