I agree that the government's hard lock-down was excessive, but just one nit-pick: most of what's called 'looting' in the SA press is actually what's technicall

I agree that the government's hard lock-down was excessive, but just one nit-pick: most of what's called 'looting' in the SA press is actually what's technically referred to as 'irregular expenditure', which the Auditor General is very clear does not mean outright fraud but rather referrs to breaches of tendering legislation. This could be anything from over-priced goods (as you mention) to noncompetitive tendering offers. I therefore think 'inefficiency'/'croynism' would be more appropriate term. This means only a certain percentage of the $700M could be reclaimed with perfect efficiency and it's not completely clear that would be enough to cover all vaccine costs.