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More arrests loom as South Africa’s COVID billions are probed

More arrests loom as South Africa’s COVID billions are probed

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER AS South Africa’s crackdown on COVID-19 corruption gains steam, it has emerged that a staggering 67% of the R15-billion spent by the government on personal protective equipment (PPE) is suspicious and now the subject of high-level investigations. SA’s law enforcement agencies, brought together by President Cyril Ramaphosa to co-ordinate their investigations into COVID-19 related fraud and corruption, have revealed to the country’s parliament the true extent of the suspected graft and disclosed that more arrests would be made, some as early as tomorrow. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU), the Hawks - the elite crime busters - and…
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