LETTER: Sanral R2bn could have bought face masks
ANC prefers to prop up failing businesses and programmes while some cannot afford protection
08 July 2020 - 16:27
It is fully understood that the Covid-19 virus is spread by exhaled droplets and that wearing a face mask reduces its spread. About 2% of those who contract the disease will die.
The ANC is also fully aware that many of our population cannot afford to buy face masks. However, the ANC prefers to prop up failing businesses and programmes — for example R2bn surreptitiously paid to the SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) to support the Gauteng e-toll debacle, rather than providing free face masks...
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