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South Africa's auditor general has described the spending of the government's Covid-19 relief fund as "frightening".

The government allocated 500 billion rand - around 26 billion dollars at the time - to the pandemic response, which is equivalent to 10% of the country's GDP.

But Kimi Makwetu said that in some departments, proper processes were not followed and that much of the money remained unspent.

South African journalist, Lerato Mogoatlhe, has been following the story:

(Photo: President Cyril Ramaphosa visits Covid-19 treatment facilities in April. Credit: Reuters)