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Company director gets suspended sentence for COVID-19 TERS fraud

Friday, July 9, 2021

The net is closing in on those who defrauded the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) COVID-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) benefit.

This was the case with Boitumelo Mashele, who was this week convicted after her company misappropriated R736 598 from the UIF.  

Mashele was found guilty by the Specialised Crime Court of Pretoria this week and received a three-year suspended jail sentence.

EC Health messenger nabbed in R23 million PPE contract

Friday, July 9, 2021

An Eastern Cape Health Department messenger will face the full might of the law after he was this week charged with forging a signature in a document relating to a R23 million procurement contract for personal protective equipment (PPE).

SA builds 18-day COVID-19 vaccine stock

Friday, July 9, 2021

As South Africa continues to administer COVID-19 vaccines and receive doses from manufacturers, the Department of Health has confirmed that it currently has enough stock for 18 days.