Personal Protective Equipment
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More SAPS personal protective equipment contracts under investigation
What was initially a R1.9m SAPS personal protective equipment (PPE) corruption case, has now ballooned to over R8.5m, as more…
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Gauteng blows almost R10 billion on irregular expenditure
The Gauteng provincial government managed to blow a total of R9,7 billion in fruitless, wasteful, and irregular expenditure during the…
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Gauteng Health officials to face the music over bogus PPE tenders
Top Gauteng Health officials are due to face the provincial standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) over allegations that the…
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EC schools’ state of readiness raises concerns
With schools set to open in two weeks’ time, Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Basic Education is concerned about the state…
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PPE Tenders: Contracts worth R13.3bn to be investigated
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says R13.3 billion worth of government Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) expenditure is subject to investigation.…
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COVID-19: Over R26m recouped in PPE tenders
Twenty companies, linked to a controversial Gauteng Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) contract, are being forced to pay R10 million back…
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ANC to decide Khusela Diko and Bandile Masuku’s fate
More details about PPE (personal protective equipment) corruption in Gauteng will emerge this weekend. The ANC’s PEC (provincial executive committee)…
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Eastern Cape Health Department deny allegations of PPE tender fraud
The Eastern Cape Health Department is denying allegations of Personal protective equipment (PPE) tender fraud. The department insists it has…
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Laboratory workers protest over personal protective equipment
Laboratory workers picketed in Johannesburg to raise concerns over the quality of personal protective equipment they received. The National Education,…
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Nurses unhappy with reusing personal protective equipment
Some nurses dealing with Covid-19 patients at public hospitals in the city are unhappy about being forced to reuse personal…
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Civil society organisations call for action against COVID-19 corruption
Civil society organisations are calling for a nationwide weekend of action against COVID-19 corruption. They include the South African Council…
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Health and Allied Workers Union take on Minister Zweli Mkhize over personal protective equipment
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union and the Department of Health are at loggerheads on the protection of…
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ANC to give an update on controversial Personal protective equipment tender Scandal
The ANC is expected to report back on the probe into the R125-million PPE tender scandal. Senior officials are linked…
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Personal Protective Equipment delivered to KZN schools as learning is set to resume from June 1
Thousands of litres of hand sanitiser, thermometers, face masks and face shields have been delivered to schools across KwaZulu-Natal today,…
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Teachers to be given protective gear: MEC Panyaza Lesufi
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says demands by teacher unions for personal protective equipment for their members are not difficult…
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Teachers will not return to work without personal protective equipment
If the Department of Basic Education fails to supply teachers with the promised personal protective equipment by Monday, May 25,…
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China donates Personal Protective Equipment to SA
China has donated a consignment of Personal Protective Equipment to help South Africa’s health and other frontline workers curb the…
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