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Probe finds $17 million hole in South Africa COVID-19 funds
Johannesburg: South African special investigators said Friday around $17 million (Dh62 million) in coronavirus funds was siphoned off last year through corruption, fraud and inflated prices for protective gear supplied to government hospitals and departments. President Cyril Ramaphosa last year ordered a probe following revelations that government contracts were awarded to politically-connected individuals and companies. In a televised address, chief investigator Andy Mothibi said that as of November, a special tribunal had been asked to claw back a total of $17.3 million (14.4 million euros) in taxpayers' money. The probe revealed "flagrant and wanton disregard" of the law and an "insatiab

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