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Competition Tribunal hears of excessive pricing of PPE for police
By Sisonke Mlamla
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Cape Town - The Competition Tribunal has heard a second Covid-19 public procurement case, which concerned the buying of masks by the police.
The case, which is expected to continue this morning, involved Tsutsumani Business Enterprises CC, one of the companies accused of charging excessive prices for 500 000 three-ply surgical face masks to the SA Police Service for its employees in April last year.
The matter was referred for prosecution after the Competition Commission accused Tsutsumani of excessive pricing, among other contraventions of the Competition Act.
In papers before the tribunal, the commission said the SAPS, given the central role it was to play in the control of the Covid-19 pandemic, was under pressure at the time to acquire personal protective equipment (PPE) for its employees as quickly as possible.