All companies involved in irregular PPE tender contracts to be taken to task

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Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi said that all 102 companies suspected to have benefited from the looting would be thoroughly scrutinised. COVID19

Johannesburg – No companies which allegedly benefited from the irregular personal protective equipment contracts will be spared from investigation by the Special Investigative Unit .

Lesufi and Mamabolo made the assurance after committee chairperson Faith Muthambi expressed concern that while the country had to borrow money from the International Monetary Fund to deal with the Covid-19 crisis, to some the pandemic was an opportunity for rampant fraud and corruption. It also expressed its concern over the disruptions and vandalism of schools by communities that demanded their closure during the lockdown, saying this affected learners at those schools.

 

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