Question NW1460 to the Minister of Health
02 June 2023 - NW1460
Motsepe, Ms CCS to ask the Minister of Health
Given that in March 2022 two specified persons (names and details furnished) were implicated in a fraud and corruption scandal relating to the issuing of a personal protective equipment tender valued at R43 million and subsequently suspended, and noting that the specified persons have returned to their posts on an acting basis, (a) by what date does his department envisage to find permanent officials for the specified posts and (b) what was the outcome of the fraud and corruption cases against the two persons?
Reply:
The two officials referred to in the Parliamentary Question were criminally charged by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) based on the referral from the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). They were then suspended based on these criminal charges. We have since been informed by the Director-General of the Northern Cape Province that these officials were reinstated after the criminal charges were withdrawn on the 8th December 2022.
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