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TimesLIVE reports that the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) has denied reports that its officers have been forced to buy their own face masks during the Covid-19 outbreak in the country.
JMPD spokesperson Wayne Minnaar said that on 1 May the department had received 5,000 masks from a non-governmental organisation and that “every officer” who was on duty on that day received two masks. On 2 May, a further 500 masks were donated to JMPD, Minnaar indicated. Then days later, they received a donation of 20,000 masks and six boxes of sanitiser. Minnaar commented further as follows: “MMC for safety in Johannesburg, Molly Mokoena, has personally intervened with regards to wrongful allegations that officers were told to buy masks. She withdraw a communique for the purchase of masks because there was no need for this purchase. JMPD officers now have more than enough masks, sanitisers and gloves.”
- Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Iavan Pijoos at TimesLIVE
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