THE DA has called for Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize to step aside pending the outcome of a Special Investigative Unit (SIU) investigation into his department’s dealings with Digital Vibes, a communications company aligned to his friends and close associates.
The party’s national spokesperson Siviwe Gwarube said the minister cannot be trusted and might interfere with the SIU investigations.
The SIU report is near completion and would be handed to President Cyril Ramaphosa in the next coming days.
“He must simply step down to allow the independent investigation to take its course and for President Cyril Ramaphosa to give an update on who will be criminally charged and held accountable for this grand theft,” said.
This comes after an independent forensic investigation revealed that the R150 million tender awarded to communications company Digital Vibes was irregular and contravened the Public Finance Management Act.
The SIU has also found that
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