GAUTENG Premier David Makhura has appointed transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo as the acting MEC for health for the next four weeks following the ANC provincial executive committee’s decision to have Dr Bandile Masuku and his wife placed on special leave pending the probe into the controversial personal protective equipment tender.
This comes after a company owned by Presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko’s husband was awarded a R125 million tender by the provincial department of health.
Royal Bhaca Project received the controversial tender despite close relations between the Masuku and Diko families.
Makhura said the recent allegations have profoundly eroded public confidence in the work of the collective in Gauteng.
“I am disappointed to have an MEC who was leading the fight on COVID-19 so well being implicated in such allegations. I am therefore placing MEC Bandile Masuku on a leave of absence,” said Makhura on Thursday.
“MEC Jacob Mamabolo will
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