COVID -19 Corruption: South Africa Sets Up Investigation Committee
President Cyril Ramaphosa participates in a dialogue with Colin Coleman, Goldman Sachs' Sub-Saharan Africa's Chief Executive Officer, at the Goldman Sachs' investor conference at the Four Seasons Hotel, The Westcliff in Johannesburg.nnThe conference brought together chief executive officers, chief information officers, chief financial officers and chairpersons of leading companies and financial institutions across all industry sectors from South Africa and other parts of the continent. 15/05/2019, Elmond Jiyane, GCIS
The South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has set up a ministerial committee to investigate alleged corruption in the fight against the coronavirus, as the government faces criticism over its response to the pandemic.
Reports of suspect deals between government officials and businesses providing medical equipment, as well as food aid parcels to the poor, have sparked outrage in South Africa, where more than half a million cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 make it the fifth-largest outbreak in the world.
According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, at least nine thousand six hundred and four people have died, while three hundred and eighty-seven thousand have recovered as of today.
President Ramaphosa said the committee will look into corruption in the procurement of goods and services sourced for the purpose of containing and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
