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The Department of Health has a new Director General (DG): Dr. Sandile Buthelezi.
During its Tuesday and Wednesday meeting, the cabinet approved Buthelezi’s appointment, according to the last line of the statement released Thursday.
Approval is still subject to verification of their qualifications and corresponding authorization, the cabinet said.
On November 1 of last year, Malebona Matsoso left office, which he had held for almost a decade.
Anban Pillay has been serving as interim CEO since then.
At the time, the department said in a statement that Matsoso left the department after she and Health Minister Zweli Mkhize reached a mutual agreement.
She asked to leave the department early to continue her doctoral studies. His contract would have ended in May 2020.
Buthelezi’s Background
Buthelezi is the CEO of the South African National AIDS Council (Sanac).
According to the Sanac website, he has more than 15 years of experience in health, policy and program management.
After serving as a clinician and then as a medical superintendent in KwaZulu-Natal and Free State hospitals, he served for 10 years as the provincial head of KwaZulu-Natal’s strategic health programs, covering HIV, tuberculosis, maternal and child health and feminine, nutrition and contagious diseases.
Before joining Sanac, Buthelezi was South Africa’s country director for ICAP at Columbia University, which is a division of the New York-based Mailman School of Public Health.
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