AUDITOR-GENERAL SLAMS GAUTENG MISSPENDING ON COVID-19 THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED TO SAVE LIVES
Auditor-General Tsakane Maluleke has slammed a host of irregularities in the Gauteng provincial government’s spending on Covid-19 activities.
This highlights how misspent money could have been used to save lives as Gauteng public hospitals now struggle to treat a flood of Covid-19 patients.
Special Reports from the A-G’s office were recently tabled in the Gauteng Legislature and included the following findings:
1. 23 unlisted suppliers were used to procure PPE amounting to R862.5 million.
2. 300 000 K95 medical masks were ordered, but KN95 non-medical masks were delivered instead.