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By Baldwin Ndaba 
10h ago
Pretoria – As the ANC in Gauteng is still fighting to take decisive action against the provincial health MEC Bandile Masuku, his department has suspended another senior official for his alleged role in illegally issuing tenders for PPE.
Vusi Mokoena, the acting director of supply chain management at the Gauteng Health Department, was suspended last Friday for allegedly violating PPE procurement rules. You must face disciplinary charges.
This was revealed by the gauteng Health MEC Jacob Mamabolo on Tuesday.
Mokoena confirmed her suspension, but said the department had to provide her with the list of allegations.
He was appointed to the post in August after receiving disciplinary charges against Thandi Pino, who was head of the unit.
“The accusations against the official in question are that he did not follow the proper processes in the acquisition of PPE.
“In addition, it is also alleged that the official committed an act of dishonesty in the performance of his duties, which discredited the department. The matter is now subject to an internal investigation, ”Mamabolo said.
Mamabolo added that the checks and balances introduced after the R1.9 billion PPE scandal came to light were starting to pay off.
The latest arrest came when the ANC allegedly failed to take disciplinary action against Masuku for his alleged role in the PPE scandal.
Insiders say the fallout between two ANC factions in Gauteng has technically saved Masuku’s career, at least for now.
This is according to senior ANC officials, who were part of the two-day meeting over the weekend that failed to determine Masuku’s future in the ANC and in the Gauteng provincial government under Prime Minister David Makhura.
ANC provincial secretary Jacob Khawe denied allegations of factional battles in a series of radio interviews.
He said his reasons for postponing any decision on the future of Dr. Masuku, his wife Loyiso and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Khusela Diko were due to certain limitations in the Provincial Integrity Committee report presented to the provincial body.
“We found that certain details were missing from the report that would have allowed us to make a determination on the matter,” Khawe said.
Khawe said they expect a report from SIU in a week or two, and said they hoped to use the two reports to help them finalize the Covid-19 corruption report.
Political Bureau
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