President Cyril Ramaphosa has released the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) report into COVID-19 procurement to the public this morning. The report is a culmination of an 18-month investigation by the SIU into billions of Rands worth of contracts entered into by the state for resources related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of these contracts remain under investigation by the unit and a supplementary report will be handed over to the President by June this year. “This investigation targeted individuals and institutions who believed they could exploit a moment of national vulnerability to enr…