This is how we’ll stop the PPE procurement rot, vows Tito

Finance minister Tito Mboweni has tabled a range of new measures in parliament aimed at tackling corruption in the procurement of Covid-19 personal protective equipment, including a return to open tender processes.

Mboweni and the National Treasury also want “a more stringent review” of how politically exposed persons participate in the entire public procurement value chain.

Mboweni and Treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane presented the proposed new measures during a meeting with parliament’s finance committees on Wednesday...