Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates have joined forces to help South Africa fight the coronavirus pandemic plaguing the country.

Amakhosi and the Buccaneers, in partnership with MultiChoice, have donated essential supplies to aid the National Health Laboratory Service in their fight against the deadly virus, which include gloves, masks, goggles, shoe protectors among others.

The donation include 100,000 N95 masks, 350,000 surgical masks, 100,000 gloves, 10,000 protective overalls, 10,000 wipes and 100,000 shoe covers for frontline workers.

This was confirmed by the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, at a media conference held at the MultiChoice studios in Randburg, Gauteng on Wednesday evening.

‘We would like to express our very sincere gratitude to MultiChoice, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs for their contribution to the Department of Health specifically for their focus on those at the forefront [medics] of the fight against the virus,’ Mkhize told SuperSport TV.

‘The health workers, our soldiers at the forefront, we want to say we will do everything we can to protect them from being infected.

‘We will not allow anyone to be forced to work when they are not ready – either not properly trained or protected.’