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  • FILE: Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku on 20 July 2020 inspects the Nasrec field hospital's state of readiness amidst the province's increase in coronavirus cases. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Masuku, wife must take leave of absence from positions immediately - Gauteng ANC

    The Gauteng African National Congress (ANC) provincial executive committee (PEC) said that Health MEC Bandile Masuku and his wife, MMC in the Joburg metro Loyiso Masuku, must take a leave of absence from their positions with immediate effect.

    658 days ago
  • © mihalec/123rf.com

    102 companies in Gauteng being probed for COVID-19 looting, says SIU head

    SIU head Advocate Andy Mothibi on Thursday said the corruption was widespread and not only limited to Gauteng.

    658 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation on 23 July 2020. Picture: GCIS

    MPs demand answers from Ramaphosa over COVID-19-related corruption

    This followed reports that a company linked to Presidency psokesperson Khusela Diko’s husband had scored a personal protective equipment (PPE) tender valued at R125 million, raising concerns about a conflict of interest.

    658 days ago
  • Presidency spoken Khusela Diko and her husband, amaBhaca King Madzikane II Diko at their wedding in 2018. Picture: Twitter

    PPE tender was above board - Diko couple

    Presidency spokesperson Khusela Diko and her husband said that their efforts to earn an honest living had been mired in controversy but insisted there was no corruption in the awarding of a PPE contract from the Gauteng government.

    658 days ago
  • Presidency spoken Khusela Diko and her husband, amaBhaca King Madzikane II Diko at their wedding in 2018. Picture: Twitter

    READ: Statement by King Madzikane II and Khusela Diko on corruption allegations

    Presidency spoken Khusela Diko and her husband, amaBhaca King Madzikane II released a statement following public outrage over the alleged irregular awarding of PPE tender by the Gauteng dept of Health.

    659 days ago
  • FILE: AmaBhaca Chief Madzikane Thandisizwe Diko II.  Picture: Facebook.com

    'It was an error in judgement’: King Madzikane, Diko respond to PPE scandal

    The pair has issued a statement clarifying the circumstances surrounding the personal protective equipmen scandal involving a company linked to the King and the Gauteng health department.

    659 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.com

    Nehawu calls for thorough investigation into Gauteng PPE tenders

    The union reacted to reports that presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko’s husband was awarded a R125 million tender for the provision of PPE by the provincial Health Department.

    659 days ago
  • FILE: The leadership of the ANC in Gauteng. Picture: EWN

    Gauteng ANC leadership to meet to discuss PPE tender corruption claims

    Two of the ANC’s members in Gauteng, presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko and Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku, have been implicated in a dodgy R125 million tender for PPE.

    659 days ago
  • FILE: Former Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku addressing the media in Johannesburg during a press briefing on 17 July 2020 by the provincial command council on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Picture: @GautengProvince/Twitter

    EFF calls on Gauteng MEC Masuku to step down amid COVID-19 tender allegations

    This follows a report linking Masuku and his wife, Loyiso Lugayeni-Masuku, to the contract awarded to amaBhaca King Madzikane II Thandisizwe Diko, the husband of Presidency spokesperson Khusela Diko.

    660 days ago
  • FILE: Presidency spokesperson Khusela Diko. Picture: @KhuselaS/Twitter.

    Presidency's Diko did the right thing by stepping aside - Corruption Watch

    The Presidency announced on Monday evening that spokesperson Khusela Diko was taking a leave of absence following the allegations that her husband benefited from a Gauteng government tender of R125 million to provide PEE.

    660 days ago
  • Khusela Diko / Twitter

    Amid tender irregularity claims, president spokesperson Diko on leave of absence

    This comes pending investigations into allegations that Khusela Diko and her husband were involved in tender irregularities in the Gauteng department of Health

    661 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa interacting with communities across the nation through a virtual Presidential Imbizo on coronavirus. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    DA to ask Ramaphosa to include Gauteng PPE tenders in SIU probe

    The party said that all COVID-19 service contracts that were awarded by the Gauteng Health Department should be included in the Special Investigative Unit proclamation announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa last week.

    661 days ago
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    PPE entanglement: Diko’s husband,Masuku’s wife named in corruption allegations

    A local newspaper reported that a R124 million tender was awarded to Royal Bhaca Projects – owned by Amabaca King Madzikazi II Thandisizwe who is the husband of President Cyril Ramaphosa spokesperson Khusela Diko.

    662 days ago
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