Cyril Ramaphosa | PPE corruption: A number of hard lessons have been learnt | News24

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Cyril Ramaphosa | PPE corruption: A number of hard lessons have been learnt | News24

The Special Investigating Unit's procurement report into PPE fraud makes for hard reading, writes Cyril Ramaphosa, but he is encouraged that action is being taken against those involved.

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