Reading Time: < 1 minute
Trade Minister, Ebrahim Patel, says the Competition Commission is investigating 11 companies for allegedly hiking the prices of products – such as facemasks, gloves and hand sanitisers – amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The number of confirmed Covid19 infections in South Africa has risen to 554 – with two patients currently in ICU at private hospitals.
Social Cluster/Inter-ministerial committee media briefing the media.
