Vivian Reddy slams business people for 'exploiting' the poor amid coronavirus crisis

Durban - Wealthy eThekwini businessman Vivian Reddy has warned that some of his counterparts are being unscrupulous by overcharging poverty-stricken people that are in desperate need of vital products to protect themselves from the killer Covid-19.

The Edison Power Group boss issued the warning on Thursday at a function held in Durban as he was handing over R2.5 million for the provincial government to distribute sanitary towels to young girls in the informal settlements and rural villages of KwaZulu-Natal. “It is absolutely unethical to be charging 400% and 500%. People are selling these for R100 when it is only R5 a bottle,” he said.

He said he had informed Minister of Cooperative Governance Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma about “unethical” businesses who were “massively” profiteering by overpricing the hygiene products. “At a time of crisis like this, businesses should be selling at cost and those businesses that can afford should be donating these products to the informal settlements and other vulnerable groups, [but] people are being exploited,” he said. He said it was uncalled for business to be opportunistic by making more income through coronavirus disasters. He said they were being driven by greediness, which “our country does not deserve.

U know what's disturbing. The fact dat url r shaming him. YET HE IS THE ONE GIVING AWAY THE FREE sanitary pads TO THE BLACK GIRLS IN RURAL AREAS. Hes also making it known dqt prices r sooo high 4 da rest of us on hand sanitizers. N url do this. OH WAIT, URL WANT IT FOR FREE too

so so sad and so indicative of the unscrupulous behaviour of the 'haves' in South Africa. The 'haves' don't care for the 'have nots'. So typically learnt behaviour from our so called PublicServants who are not serving the public but being self centred and self serving

TheMercurySA Sanitary towels or sanitisers. Decide on what you are reporting on guys.

Look at yourself 1st b4 giving others lessons abt ETHICS.

Talk about slaming yourself

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣..... Vivian Reddy preaching on being “ unscrupulous “..... 🤣🤣🤣.. give me a fucken break!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Tell us who these businesses are so we can boycott and prosecute them.

groot SKELM himself

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