It is understood that six Cabinet ministers will examine COVID-19 related tenders.
This is after senior officials within Ramaphosa’s administration have been hit with allegations of looting funds that are meant for COVID-19.
Lately, there have been claims over PPE tender fraud, in relation with the likes of the president’s spokesperson – Khusela Diko and her husband, Bandile Masuku.
Currently, both Khusela Diko and Bandile Masuku have taken a leave of absence from their official positions.
As for Bandile Masuku, Jacob Mamabolo has stepped in for him, pending the time all claims have been investigated and sorted out.
On a lighter note, Health MEC Bandile Masuku and the president’s spokesperson – Khusela Diko, along with their spouses, are among those who have been put on leave pending an outcome of an investigation into tender fraud allegations.
