DA crushes KZN Zikalala’s PPE report, calls it a ‘weak-kneed whitewash’

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DA crushes KZN Zikalala’s PPE report, calls it a ‘weak-kneed whitewash’

The DA in KZN says it will ensure that the officials who are implicated in the irregular procurement of COVID-19 PPEs, amounting to nearly R30 million, are locked up

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

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