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The prosecutor said the decision, which was not announced through normal government channels, showed that President Cyril Ramaphosa was putting his political alliances first over saving lives in the country.
FILE: Vice President David Mabuza. Image: @ DDMabuza / Twitter
JOHANNESBURG – The Democratic Alliance (DA) has reacted in disbelief to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that his deputy David Mabuza will head the government’s inter-ministerial task force tasked with overseeing the launch of the vaccine.
Ramaphosa made the announcement during an African National Congress of the top six engagements with the progressive business forum on Tuesday.
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The district attorney said the decision, which was not announced through normal government channels, showed that Ramaphosa was putting his political alliances before saving lives in the country.
South Africa is preparing to receive the first doses of the vaccine later this month and the government aims to inoculate around 316,000 people per day over the next year.
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DA shadow health minister Siviwe Gwarube said Mabuza had a history of failure in many roles, including his current position as chairman of the political task force at Eskom.
She said that he was the most inadequate figure for this important task: “It is inconceivable that the president would entrust him with such a great task, with such an important task when in fact he has not been anywhere during this whole crisis that South Africa has found “.
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