MEDIA STATEMENT
SWIMMING SA SETS THE LOTTO RECORD STRAIGHT
Monday, 17th
November 2008 - The relationship between Swimming SA and the
National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF) has entered a new era
following a recent meeting between officials from SSA and the NLB.
The meeting
between the two organisations emphasised that the funding should showcase the
Lotto’s commitment to swimming as part of the mutually beneficial relationship
between them. During the meeting Swimming South Africa acknowledged that it
could have provided additional recognition to the NLDTF for its contribution,
through appropriate publicity.
The NLB
reiterated that the reasons for withholding payment of outstanding grants to
Swimming SA was the inadequate public acknowledgment of the over R43 million
awarded to Swimming SA from the proceeds of the National Lottery.
Specific
reference was made to Swimming SA’s not acknowledging National Lottery funding
in TV interviews, recognition on the SSA website was given only to 2 other
funders, the recent press articles which Swimming SA did not explain why the
grants were withheld and also Swimming SA’s refusal to submit an article on
funding it received for the NLB’s souvenir brochure.
Speaking in
Since the
inception of the NLDTF, Swimming SA has been allocated R43.7-million in funding
from the organisation, of which about R18-million was for the development and
upgrade of facilities around the country.
“The NLDTF
has agreed to release funds once Swimming SA set the record straight and
presented a report on other publicity given to the NLDTF. We have also received
a publicity document so that we can ensure we meet all publicity requirements,”
said Adriaanse.
ENDS
Issued by: Forever Marketing - Tel: 011 616 6097
On behalf of: Swimming