Go & Express

Ppe

Latest news & developments
Gauteng health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku. File photo.Image: Alaister Russel/Sunday Times
GAUTENG HEALTH MEC

Gauteng health MEC told to take ‘leave of absence’ as PPE scandal unfolds

Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku has been instructed to take a leave of absence while he is being investigated in connection with the awarding of personal protective equipment to companies linked to his friends. The decision was taken by…

  • TimesLIVE
The department of education in KZN has recovered PPE worth millions of rand which went missing on Tuesday. Image: AFP/ WANG ZHAO
KWAZI MTHETHWA

KZN’s missing PPE worth millions mysteriously reappears

Large quantities of personal protective equipment (PPE), initially reported missing while en route to schools in KwaZulu-Natal, have mysteriously reappeared. Kwazi Mthethwa, spokesperson for education MEC Kwazi Mshengu, confirmed that the…

  • TimesLIVE
DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION

800 support staff needed urgently to keep Eastern Cape schools clean

These recruits, employed as support staff, will be contracted for three months to help sanitise pupils and also make sure physical distancing rules are adhered to. A circular by the department states a school with more than 1,000 pupils…

  • DispatchLIVE