# The EFF says it has consistently maintained that sections of the South African media are deeply compromised, because they are materially linked to political patronage networks and corrupt state-connected funding streams. A Special Investigating Unit probe has implicated Sunday Times editor, Makhudu Sefara, in an alleged irregularity linked to the National Lotteries Commission. The EFF says this exposes the broader rot that exists within institutions that posture as defenders of accountability, while benefiting from corruption themselves.
EFF condemns Sunday Times editor’s involvement in National Lotteries Commission corruption scandal