Lieutenant General RIT

The SAPS internal letter signed by Lieutenant General RIT specified that future surgical mask procurement would occur through the National Treasury contract and there would be no further emergency procurement.

“It is a protocol for containment of COVID and it says that this is approval for all SAPS employees to use both masks when wearing uniforms... (letter) said there will not be any further emergency procurement, but instead the procurement of the surgical masks will be sourced through the National Treasury contract... The letter was by the Divisional Commissioner for Supply Chain Management, RIT, addressed internally to all sections within SAPS only.”