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A WELCOME VISIT: Marjorie Parrish TB Hospital received desperately-needed support in the form of water and personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Gift of the Givers on Monday. Carrying the PPE were, from left, front row, Gift of the Givers Eastern Cape co-ordinator Corene Conradie and and project manager Ali Sablay, with standing, Marjories Parrish staff members Lindelwa Ndalase, Mzwamadoda Tukulu, Mureedah Jones, Neliswa Mbeki, Gift of the Givers chairman and founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, Racheal Rinyana, Dr MI Botha and Unathi Mafeje Picture: TK MTIKI
BROADER PORT ALFRED

Water and PPE for TB hospital

Gift of the Givers plans to help the broader Port Alfred community too. Pleas from concerned Port Alfred residents to Gift of the Givers were too loud to be ignored and, as a result, on Monday afternoon the charitable organisation made…

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A patient was shot dead at a Kimberley hospital on Friday.Image: Tyler Olson/ 123RF.com
ARMED GANG

Gang dressed in PPE shoots patient dead, robs others at Kimberley hospital

An armed gang dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) walked into a hospital in Kimberley in the Northern Cape and shot a patient dead in his bed. Police spokesperson Col Mashay Gamieldien said the gang then proceeded to rob other…

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The tax man is digging into the affairs of companies that benefited from the supply of personal protective equipment to the government. Stock photo.Image: 123RF/pstedrak
COVID 19

Tax skeletons exposed as net closes on those who feasted on PPE billions

The SA Revenue Service (Sars) is investigating 307 cases of possible tax fraud and other irregularities with a revenue loss of close to R300m involving companies that recently benefited from government personal protective equipment (PPE)…

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