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Makhura: Gauteng’s COVID-19 positivity rate spiked by 6% during festive season
Makhura is briefing the media on the progress in the fight against the virus in the country's economic hub.
Gauteng hospitals are becoming increasingly overwhelmed with patients, especially in the Tshwane district.
That’s according to Premier David Makhura who visited the Steve Biko Academic Hospital on Monday as the facility battles with the sheer volume of patient admissions.
Parks Tau is concluding his duties as the deputy minister of co-operative governance and traditional affairs and preparing to become Gauteng’s MEC for economic development.
Gauteng Premier David Makhura announced that Cogta Deputy Minister Parks Tau would leave his national post and join his Cabinet, named Nomathmeba Mokgethi as the new Health MEC while shifting Morakane Mosupyoe from Economic Development to the Social Development department.
Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Wednesday announced changes to his Cabinet, which included appointing Nomathemba Mokgethi as the Health MEC and Cooperative Governance Deputy Minister Parks Tau as the new MEC of Economic Development.
The premier is expected to announce a new Health MEC following the dismissal of Dr Bandile Masuku in October.
Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Tuesday encouraged the youth living with HIV and Aids not to give up amid the string of challenges they face daily.
The premier on Friday delivered his end of year report at a virtual sitting of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.
Gauteng government spokesperson Thabo Masebe said that that the only payments still outstanding were for some survivors who were not part of the initial arbitration process.
Masuku wants findings and recommendations made against him to Premier David Makhura to be declared unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid.
Gauteng ANC deputy provincial chairperson, Panyaza Lesufi, said that while the provincial executive could not tell Premier David Makhura who to pick, it could urge him to do so quickly.
Gauteng Premier David Makhura said that the strategy was a clarion call for the country to rally around to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic with a new economy.
Professor Mkhululi Lukhele is alleged to have failed to properly monitor COVID-19 personal protective equipment tenders.
The province recently recorded a 6% increase in infections in the space of just one week.
The Gauteng premier also vowed to take action against corrupt officials involved in dodgy procurement deals – including those who allowed it to happen.
Makhura has sent out a statement saying that Lukhele's precautionary suspension is based on a report from the Special Investigating Unit which has been probing allegations of corruption linked to COVID-19 relief funds.
The shooting of Nathaniel Julius, who suffered from Down syndrome and struggled to speak, sparked protests and a standoff between angry community members and police.
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