R14bn PPE stain attests to 'industrial-scale' looting

06 June 2021 - 00:03 By SAM MKOKELI

From R300m spent on temporary housing structures, most of which were never built, to R45m on food parcels with unverified standards, a partial audit of the billions of rands the government spent fighting Covid-19 paint a picture of looting on an industrial scale...

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