Overall, South Africa has, through donations come up with a total of R1.5 billion to help bolster its fight against Covid-19
President Cyril Ramaphosa will be accepting a generous donation from Naspers on behalf of government to assist healthcare workers.
Global internet group Naspers has donated R1 billion towards the consignment of critical personal protective equipment . Naspers’ contribution and speedy procurement of PPE was thanks to Takealot, as well as its Tencent enterprise in China. Overall, South Africa has, through donations, come up with a total of R1.5 billion to help bolster its fight against Covid-19 – R1 billion in PPE, and R500 million thanks to the Solidarity Fund, said government in a statement on Thursday.
Ramaphosa will be visiting the Takealot distribution centre in Kempton Park on Thursday, and will be taken through the high-tech distribution process involved in getting PPE to various parts of the country.
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