Reports of widespread corruption in the government’s procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other coronavirus-related goods has prompted the National Treasury to look into the possible centralisation of its procurement.

Finance minister Tito Mboweni said in parliament on Wednesday that he has discussed the further tightening of procurement procedures with Treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane, who is looking into centralising PPE procurement, given the capacity issues between the Treasury and the national department of health...

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