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Courts yet to record COVID-19 corruption case

COVID-19
COVID-19

While allegations of corruption were rife throughout the period the country was battling COVID-19, statistics tell a different story.

The majority of the reported COVID-19 corruption allegations have since fallen off the investigation radar while the only case that had been sent for prosecution has been closed.

In June 2021, the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime’s (DCEC) now-suspended Director-General, Tymon Katlholo revealed that the graft-buster had registered 69 COVID-19 corruption-related cases from April 2020 to May 2021.

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