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Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola announced that 36 corruption-related cases were “at various stages of investigation and prosecution” as part of weeding out rampant corruption related to the procurement of PPE.

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Lamola was delivering the outcomes of Cabinet’s meeting held on Wednesday in place of Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu, who could not attend owing to family bereavement.

“Cabinet remains committed to building a capable, ethical and developmental state. It supports the recent call by President Cyril Ramaphosa for law enforcement agencies to do whatever they can to arrest those involved in corruption”He said there was a sense of great disappointment during Cabinet’s reflection on recent reports of acts of corruption and theft of much-needed resources that government allocated to save lives and livelihoods during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

“Cabinet remains committed to building a capable, ethical and developmental state. It supports the recent call by President Cyril Ramaphosa for law enforcement agencies to do whatever they can to arrest those involved in corruption, irrespective of who they are, and to ensure that they recover the looted funds,” he said.

“These cases send a strong message that government will not tolerate any acts of corruption, particularly among its officials, and that all perpetrators will be arrested and prosecuted”Lamola said this unit was investigating, among other things, “allegations of corruption including the fraudulent distribution of food parcels, social relief grants, procurement of PPE and other medical supplies and the looting of the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s Covid-19 Temporary Employee / Employer Relief...

ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule and former environmental affairs minister Nomvula Mokonyane’s children have also been fingered as having been beneficiaries of Covid-19 tenders.

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