{"id":30189,"date":"2021-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=83fc38e59d73035d47dc057a3acea3f5"},"modified":"2021-06-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T00:00:00","slug":"health-minister-placed-on-special-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/health-minister-placed-on-special-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Minister placed on special leave"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on special leave to enable him to attend to allegations and investigations concerning contracts between the Department of Health and a service provider, Digital Vibes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Special Investigating Unit is investigating this matter and the President awaits a report on the outcome of this probe,\u201d the Presidency said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane will serve as Acting Minister of Health until further notice.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on special leave to enable him to attend to allegations and investigations concerning contracts between the Department of Health and a service provider, Digital Vibes.\u201cThe Special Inv…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n