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THE National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) ihas slammed the decision by the Department of Health to demote two senior officials implicated in the Digital Vibes scandal after having been found guilty by a disciplinary hearing.
The two senior officials, a Deputy Director General and Chief Director within the Department of Health, were found guilty by the disciplinary hearing over the Digital Vibes scandal.
The department incurred “irregular and fruitless expenditure” amounting to R150-million.
Nehawu believes tha the Department of Health should have acted decisively against them, and prosecuted them for their role in the scandal.
This is only a slap in the wrist for the two officials, and does not send a strong message to society about clean governance and administration of public resources, said Nehawu.
“We expected the department to send a clear message by taking a clear corrective measure as a sign that
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