• News
  • Sport
  • TV
  • Radio
  • Education
  • TV Licences
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION
Home Sci-tech

SANDF stands to incur R260 mln due to importation of vaccines without approval: AG

1 December 2021, 2:37 PM  |
SABC SABC |  @SABCNews
[File photo] SANDF soldiers

[File photo] SANDF soldiers

Image: @PhindoVilane

[File photo] SANDF soldiers

The Auditor-General says the Department of Defence stands to incur irregular expenditure of R260 million for its importation of COVID-19 vaccines without approval from Cuba.
The AG says the only way they can avoid this, is if they return the drugs to Cuba and get a refund. This is, however, unlikely to happen as the vaccines are due to expire in March next year.

Mbali Tsotetsi from the AG’s office explains some of the recommendations they have made to the Secretary for Defence to prevent the financial loss from happening.

“The accounting officer should then do an investigation to identify officials that were responsible for importing the drugs without authority or approval and that appropriate steps must be taken against the officials that were involved and that this must be done within a reasonable time. And then lastly that if any losses were suffered by the department, the accounting officer must determine if the officials are also liable by law for purposes of recovery.”

Share article
Tags: SANDFAGCOVID-19 vaccines
Previous Post

VIDEO | State Capture Inquiry, Wednesday 01 December 2021

Next Post

Founder of Great Girls says her organisation is working hard to create environments where women feel safe

Related Posts

[FILE IMAGE] A vial of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and an information sheet is seen at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston.

37 measles cases confirmed in Gauteng, five in Western Cape

3 February 2023, 9:03 PM
Bottle of water

Heatwave-hit Northern Cape sees an increase in heat-related incidents

3 February 2023, 6:00 PM
Shell petrol station

Activist group accuses Shell of misleading investors on renewables

1 February 2023, 3:40 PM
Researchers studying the BCG vaccine for tuberculosis test samples in a laboratory run by South African biotech company TASK in Cape Town, South Africa, May 11, 2020.

SA admitted to a prestigious international science program

1 February 2023, 8:53 AM
File Image: Hospital bed in a ward.

Gauteng Health battles with surgical backlogs

1 February 2023, 6:10 AM
A member of the Incident Management Team coordinates the search for a radioactive capsule that was lost in transit by a contractor hired by Rio Tinto, at the Emergency Services Complex in Cockburn, Australia, in this undated handout photo. Department of Fire and Emergency Services.

Australian nuclear body joins search for missing radioactive capsule

31 January 2023, 10:13 AM
Next Post
File Image: Demonstrators hold placards as they protest against gender-based violence, outside the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, on September 13, 2019.

Founder of Great Girls says her organisation is working hard to create environments where women feel safe

Most Viewed

  • 24hrs
  • Week
  • Month
  • Registration at Unisa closes on Friday, but management says no need to panic
  • King of Bacardi music ‘Vusi Ma R5’ killed in Soshanguve
  • Committee wants to halt planned demolition of North West hospital
  • Shock over proposed SA sponsorship of Tottenham Hotspur
  • Malema threatens nationwide shutdown over power crisis, demands Ramaphosa resign
  • Parts of the Northern Cape to be exempted from rolling blackouts
  • Registration at Unisa closes on Friday, but management says no need to panic
  • VIDEO | St Benedict College’s Matric learner gets 11 distinctions
  • Limpopo matriculant from child-headed household attains diploma pass
  • Female circumcision practice thriving in Eastern Cape
  • ‘Country in a crisis because Ramaphosa does not have courage to confront opponents’
  • Pirates, Sundowns clash headline weekend PSL fixtures
  • SA citizens will be wasting time listening to SONA: Dawie Roodt
  • Three SA Tourism board members resign
  • Julius Malema’s firearm trial postponed

LATEST

A person holding a gun.
  • South Africa

Hostage drama at Gauteng school leads to a fatality


Firefighters at a scene of a blaze
  • World

Train derailment causes massive fire in Ohio: Media


Tottenham Hotspur flag
  • South Africa

Three SA Tourism board members resign


Rhino seen in a nature reserve
  • South Africa

Mozambican national gets 18 years for rhino poaching


Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane is seen interacting with the school management team at the Geluksdal Secondary School in Brakpan on 03 February 2023 following the fatal stabbing of a learner.
  • South Africa

Gauteng Education to beef up security in schools


File Image: SAMWU workers during strike action
  • Politics

Slain SAMWU leaders remembered as murder trial set to resume


Weather

  • About the SABC
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs
  • Advertise
  • Disclaimer
  • Site Map

SABC © 2023

No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION

© 2022

Previous State Capture VIDEO | State Capture Inquiry, Wednesday 01 December 2021
Next Founder of Great Girls says her organisation is working hard to create environments where women feel safe