Branded backpacks and umbrellas worth R1.9million and digital tablets costing R1.7m are among some of the suspicious items procured by the Mpumalanga Health Department in its fight against COVID19 . TheStar_news
Johannesburg - Branded backpacks and umbrellas worth R1.9million and digital tablets costing R1.7m are among some of the suspicious items procured by the Mpumalanga Health Department in its fight against Covid-19.
“As a matter of urgency I will be appointing an independent team of investigators that will be tasked with establishing reasons for irregularities.” The report indicated that the provincial Treasury bought 80 25-litre sanitisers for R4220 and R4590 a drum, which cost it R352400.A 25-litre drum of sanitisers usually retails for between R400 and R1800.
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