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Another Covid-19 corruptions scandal: Is it naive to expect politicians to be ethical?

Published: June 11, 2021, 12:06 p.m.

Another week passes in SA, and with it another Covid-19 corruption allegation rears its ugly head, this time in relation to the mass sanitising of Gauteng schools in 2020.
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\nThe presses are still hot with the news of health minister Zweli Mkhize\u2019s special leave over the controversial R150m Digital Vibes contract.
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\nAs the country grew accustomed to that news, yet another allegation of fraud and corruption related to SA\u2019s handling of the pandemic has arisen.
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\nIn a matter of weeks, the directors of seven companies contracted to decontaminate Gauteng schools during last year\u2019s Covid-19 lockdown blew through more than R40m in a spending spree that included designer watches, jewellery, luxury cars, plastic surgery, investment policies and paying off home loans.
\nIn this week\u2019s episode of Sunday Times Politics Weekly, we confront the latest allegations, and check in with our disgraced health minister.