In the first two weeks of the State of Disaster, the City of Johannesburg blew R80-million on COVID-19 emergency procurement.
An internal audit found legislation and policies were ‘grossly violated’.
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The City says it immediately implemented measures to stop further abuses.
But implicated officials will only face disciplinary steps once a final, forensic audit has been concluded.
In other news – Covid 19 death toll rise to 16,667
The health department reported 81 more COVID-19 deaths in South Africa, taking the death toll 16,667.
A total of 903 new cases have been reported in the past 24 hours. The total number of tests done is 4,164,491 with 12,011 new tests done. Learn more
Source: eNCA
