AA repeats call for a full review of SA’s petrol price after latest hikes; hearings into cartels and collusion in tyre manufacturing kick off; public protector finds Joburg’s bus contract with Putco is illegal; and Supreme Court shoots down Magashule’s bid to be reinstated as ANC secretary-general.
: In South Africa, there have been 1,366 new cases of Covid-19, taking the total reported to 3,605,222. Deaths have reached 95,093 , while recoveries have climbed to 3,456,461, leaving the country with a balance of 53,668 active cases. The total number of vaccines administered is 29,884,699.The Automobile Association has repeated its call for a full review of South Africa’s petrol price, following yet another significant hike for February.
[The Public Protector has found that the Putco bus contract in Johannesburg has been illegally implemented, pointing to a 20-year monopoly the service has enjoyed in the city without any competitive bidding process.
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