The suspended health MEC gave Bloom 24 hours to retract his statement regarding the admission of patients at the Nasrec field hospital.
Presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko, Health MEC Bandile Masuku and his wife Joburg MMC Loyiso Masuku are implicated in irregular personal protective equipment (PPE) tenders in the province.
The PEC has been meeting since Saturday to consider, among other things, the report by the Integrity Commission relating to a multimillion-rand personal protective equipment (PPE) tender.
The provincial executive committee (PEC) is meeting this weekend to consider a report by the integrity commission relating to a multimillion-rand personal protective equipment (PPE) tender.
The PEC is meeting this weekend to consider the report by the provincial integrity commission (PIC) relating to a R125 million personal protective equipment (PPE) tender.
Masuku, his wife Loyiso and presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko's husband, were implicated in the alleged fraudulently awarded tender.
This includes expenditure by the Gauteng government, which has seen a number of questions raised over procurement, including its now suspended Health MEC Bandile Masuku.
On Sunday, Ramaphosa issued the open letter raising a number of issues and taking a hard line on corruption related to the provision of personal protective equipment.
When it seems as if virtually every tender awarded during the time of a global health emergency is tainted with corruption, it says something about the very soul of a country, write Judith February and Gary Pienaar.
It’s been weeks of calls for Diko, Masuku and his wife to be fired from their positions after it surfaced that the presidential spokesperson’s husband received the PPE tender due to their close family ties.
Mboweni and Treasury officials appeared before Parliament’s finance committees on Wednesday.
Masuku has taken leave pending a probe into the multimillion-rand deal to supply personal protective equipment to the Gauteng Health Department.
The last few weeks have seen damning allegations of corruption against senior party members.
Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku and his wife Loyiso, a City of Joburg official, are at the centre of just one of several high-level corruption probes recently launched into a tender for personal protective equipment.
Masuku, his wife Loyiso and presidential spokesperson, Khusela Diko and her husband, have been linked to a multimillion tender, which has raised questions.
This as the SIU is probing more than 100 companies in Gauteng alone that have been linked to questionable tenders as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic.
Jacob Mamabolo was appointed to the post on Thursday, with Bandile Masuku placed on special leave after being implicated in a personal protective equipment procurement scandal.
A special provincial executive committee meeting was held earlier today after reports of irregular procurement of COVID-19 resources in the province involving top government officials.
