South African Health Minister on Leave over Scandal
09 JUN, 2021 - 00:06
JOHANNESBURG. – South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Health minister Zweli Mkhize on special leave.
“This period of special leave will enable the minister to attend to allegations and investigations concerning contracts between the Department of Health and a service provider, Digital Vibes,” said the presidency on Tuesday.
Ramaphosa said the Special Investigating Unit was investigating the matter and he was awaiting a report on the outcome of the probe.
Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane will serve as acting minister of Health until further notice.
Earlier yesterday, Mkhize said he had discussed taking special leave with Ramaphosa.
“Because the family name has been brought in, we then started discussing with the president about possibilities of what will need to be done. We actually raised the issue of special leave. In that context, we will await the president’s counsel because that is an issue of the executive,” he said.
Mkhize was briefing reporters in Kimberley during his visits to vaccination sites in the Northern Cape. “We have not discussed the issue of resignation, we have discussed the issue of special leave pending the report of the SIU,” he said.
Mkhize also “unreservedly apologised” for the scandal, saying it had been “a very difficult matter to deal with”. The minister has been embroiled in the R150m scandal following the health department irregularly awarding a communication contract to Digital Vibes, a company owned by close associates of his. The company is alleged to have inflated its prices — but also some of the money paid to it was allegedly transferred to Mkhize’s son, Dedani, and some allegedly paid for renovations at one of Mkhize’s homes.
On Tuesday, he reiterated that he played no role in the awarding of the contract and there was no personal benefit in this regard.
Mkhize said he had been keeping Ramaphosa briefed about all the developments in the matter, including what the SIU has been saying and what his family has been uncovering. He said when “new information” came to light that suggested that some money was used to fix the lights at his home, his wife investigated and they were shocked because the official who helped fix the lights had been paid.
– TimesLIVE
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