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Keorapetse rules on Moswaane's exaggerated counterfeit medicines claims

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 | 170 Views |

Ignatious Moswaane PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has ruled that Assistant Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs Ignatious Moswaane was overly exaggerating when he alleged there was an influx of counterfeit medications between the years 2023 and 2024 into the country.

In Parliament today, Keorapetse revealed that Moswaane did adduce evidence to what he alleged and has prepared a ruling.

"Moswaane provided a dossier of evidence with several documents, this included savingrams, newspaper extracts, letters from BOMRA, letters from the Ministry of Health, and even a death certificate," Keorapetse added.

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