Leah van Niekerk

The Lottoland Help n’ Dorp (Help a Town) TV programme is Lottoland’s latest community-focused initiative which aims to help improve and benefit small towns across South Africa. To do this we are going on the road to visit the residents of these towns who have a dream to affect positive change in their community.

As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain.