Two companies accused of  overcharging the SA Police Service (SAPS) for hand sanitiser appeared at the Competition Tribunal on Monday in the first Covid-19 excessive pricing case involving the public sector.

According to the Competition Commission, the companies made a 54% profit, about R14m, on the cleaning product. ..

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