Cuba gets drugs back but there’s no sign of SA taxpayer cash

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Unregistered Covid-19 drugs returned to Cuba, say SANDF

Almost two months after it was ordered by the health regulator to return an unregistered Covid-19 drug obtained from Cuba at a cost of more than R100m, the SA National Defence Force has complied.

In one of the more bizarre episodes in a Covid-19 response that was marred by alleged mass corruption and controversial regulations, the SANDF imported Heberon Interferon-Alpha-2B from the island nation...A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and Sunday Times Daily.

 

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It’s 12k kilometres between SA and Cuba. How does an unregistered drug travel that far and no one knowing it won’t be allowed in? 100 million rands later, it is travelling back with no sign of a refund. Looting hasn’t stopped, they just threw in xenophobia for destruction.

So why was it returned and who will be held responsible and who will be prosecuted?

Ee need prosecitions for breaking the law, especially the dishonourable Mapisa-Nqakula.

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