Unmasked: How officials and firms used Covid as a get-rich-quick scheme
SIU inquest into PPE procurement offers damning indictment of exploitation and maladministration of state coffers
26 January 2022 - 19:39
The devastating Covid-19 pandemic was used as a get-rich-quick scheme by some government officials and business owners.
Instead of providing relief in the face of a virus — which up to Tuesday night had killed a confirmed 94,397 people in SA alone — these unscrupulous individuals “cynically exploited a public health crisis for personal gain”...
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