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Gucci, vacation & home upgrades: Here’s the latest from Digital Vibes saga
It looks like Digital Vibes boss and former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize's associate Tahera Mather turned the communications company's bank card into a personal piggy bank.
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Ramaphosa says he's still processing SIU's Digital Vibes report
The report has already been leaked to the media and it has found that former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize acted unlawfully and improperly and it recommended that his family should repay R4 million.
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Zweli Mkhize's son, Dedani, accuses SIU of lying about Digital Vibes saga
Dedani Mkhize has denied ever receiving R3.8 million as he counter-accused the SIU of lying about the case.
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DA: Minister Mkhize must still account to Parliament for Digital Vibes scandal
The SIU was granted a preservation order last week to freeze about R22 million held in bank and investment accounts linked to entities or individuals who received payments from Digital Vibes.
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Digital Vibes: SIU investigations should be done by end of June
Acting Health Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane answered questions from Parliament's health committee on matters regarding the irregular contract awarded to Digital Vibes by the department. #DigitalVibes #ZweliMkhize
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Mkhize can't hide behind sub judice rule to avoid Parly - health committee told
Legal advisor Siviwe Njikela said the sub judice rule was established to protect the administration of justice but could never surpass the constitutional mandate of Parliament.
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Mkhize: My family agreed that all funds from Digital Vibes must be returned
As revelations around the Digital Vibes contract continued, including assertions that the company bought his son a bakkie, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that he spoke to his family about it and they were in agreement that these funds needed to be returned.
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Ramaphosa puts Mkhize on special leave after he apologises for Digital Vibes scandal
Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize has apologised for the disruption caused by the irregular Digital Vibes contract, saying he played no role in awarding the tender and did not benefit from it. Mkhize briefed the media on 8 June 2021 just minutes before the Presidency announced that President Ramaphosa had placed the minister on special leave while the SIU conducted a probe into the matter.
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Ramaphosa must deal with Mkhize's Digital Vibes scandal, ANC NWC meeting hears
While some insiders suggested he take leave of absence, others have maintained the irregular tender awarded to Digital Vibes, the company linked to the minister’s close associates and his son, has nothing to do with the ANC and the party should be kept out of the scandal.
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Mkhize scandal, MKMVA on agenda for ANC NWC meeting
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has been marred by an irregular multi-million rand tender awarded to a company linked to some of his close associates and his son.
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MAHLATSE MAHLASE: Ramaphosa has enough to act on with Mkhize. So why won't he?
President Cyril Ramaphosa has enough to act on irregularity allegations against Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, writes Mahlatse Mahlase.
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Mkhize a no-show at Parly meeting as pressure mounts over Digital Vibes
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize was a no-show at Friday morning’s meeting after receiving legal advice not to appear.
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DA urges Ramaphosa to act against Mkhize over Digital Vibes contract
The party on Thursday laid a criminal complaint against Mkhize at the Cape Town Central Police Station.
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Ramaphosa: Mkhize matter won't be swept under the carpet
Two of Heath Minister Zweli Mkhize’s close associates are in the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) crosshairs over an irregular contract between the department of health and the company, Digital Vibes.
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Digital Vibes, firearms and load shedding - Ramaphosa answers media questions
President Cyril Ramaphosa held a media briefing following the budget debate in Parliament. Here are the highlights. #Digitalvibes #Loadshedding #Ramaphosa
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DA to lay criminal complaint against Minister Mkhize over Digital Vibes scandal
In its latest expose, the Daily Maverick's investigative unit, Scorpio, reported the controversial company bought a Land Cruiser bakkie for Mkhize's son DedaniMabhunu.
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President Ramaphosa on Digital Vibes: Give me time as SIU concludes its report
During French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to the Union Buildings, President Cyril Ramaphosa was asked by the media about the Digital Vibes tender scandal that allegedly involves Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.
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Mkhize must step down over Digital Vibes scandal, says DA's Gwarube
Delivering a member’s motion in the National Assembly on Thursday, Democratic Alliance (DA) health spokesperson, Siviwe Gwarube, said that Health Minister Zweli Mkhize was embroiled in one of the biggest COVID-19 scandals.
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Cabinet: Health Dept's dodgy R150mn contract being probed by law enforcement
Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni held a post-Cabinet media briefing on 27 May 2021 during which she emphasised that Cabinet could not give an opinion on the matter pertaining to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize’s possible removal due to tender irregularities within his department as it was still an ongoing investigation. #GovernmentSA #ZweliMkhize #DepartmentofHealth #CyrilRamaphosa
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S.Africans too conscious of corruption to believe Mkhize - political economist
Political economist Dale McKinley told Eyewitness News that Health Minister Mkhize was too experienced a politician not to have known that conflict of interest issues would arise over the Digital Vibes contracts.
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Individuals implicated in Digital Vibes scandal not my personal friends - Mkhize
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that he did not declare any conflict of interest regarding the irregular awarding of a contract to communications company, Digital Vibes, insisting that there was none.
