Health and education paid up to five times more for PPE, says auditor-general
In the first of many expected reports, it was revealed that, in many cases, officials also dispensed with PPE procurement rules
02 September 2020 - 13:31
The national and provincial departments of health and basic education paid up to five times more than they should have for personal protective equipment (PPE) to fight the spread of the coronavirus, auditor-general Kimi Makwetu has said.
Makwetu said in Pretoria on Wednesday that when buying PPE, the departments did not stick to prices prescribed by the Treasury and in many cases paid more than five times the Treasury’s recommended prices...
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