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Gauteng MEC for Health Dr. Bandile Masuku.
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The fired Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku has instructed his lawyers to request that the findings of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) report be quashed, which places him at the center of the irregular procurement of personal protective equipment. (PPE) in the department.
“The SIU report makes incorrect and non-factual conclusions about my role as Executive Authority. It is not clear if the report is final and, to that end, I have written to the Prime Minister to explain that, in fact and in law, I will exercise my right to review the findings in a court of law to set them aside, “Masuku said in a statement on Friday.
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This comes hours after Prime Minister David Makhura fired Masuku as the MEC of Gauteng Health, based on the SIU’s findings from a preliminary report that he did not “fulfill his role in accordance with the Constitution and the Law of Public Finance Management (PFMA) “.
Makhura further stated that the SIU investigation is still pending and that “he is interested in all the facts.”
He also mentioned that he would gladly reappoint Masuku to the position, in case the final report exonerates Masuku.
Masuku adds that it is clear to him that the SIU “is under extreme pressure from legitimate public protest against corruption and the need to ensure accountability or is deliberately involved in politics for purposes that have yet to be established.”
More to follow.
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