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Moo-ving money: A Special Tribunal heard that former health minister Zweli Mkhize, his wife May and their son Dedani concealed R11.5 million redirected from the Digital Vibes company during the Covid pandemic. Photo: File
CATTLE SALES

R11.5m Digital Vibes funds laundered through bogus cattle sales, SIU says

New evidence in the matter suggests that former health minister Zweli Mkhize and his family received funds funnelled through the sale of cattle and the purchase of a farm

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
6 min read
Pragmatic: Former health minister Zweli Mkhize (L) with President Cyril Ramaphosa.
ANBAN PILLAY

Mkhize throws the book at the Special Investigating Unit

It’s a long shot at political redemption for the former health minister and, more pressingly, a bid to avert criminal charges

  • Emsie Ferreira
5 min read
Repurposed: It’s a curious thing. Why did Tahera Mather and associates choose to stash cash in boxes instead of the usual bin bag?
COVID 19

Zweli Mkhize and the art of money recycling

The former health minister’s ‘close associates’ laundered cash from the R150-million Digital Vibes ‘heist’ in boxes

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
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AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Editorial: And still we wait for a decision on Mkhize

For six weeks Ramaphosa has told us he is following process and Mkhize continues to get a fat ministerial salary as he relaxes on special leave.

  • Editorial
2 min read
former health minister Zweli Mkhize only approved the total R132-million budget for NHI communication in March last year, 199 days after the agreement was signed. Digital Vibes only delivered Covid-19-related communications services. (Photo by Christoph Soeder/picture alliance via Getty Images)
ANBAN PILLAY

ANC Integrity Committee recommends Zweli Mkhize step aside

ANC sources say the report by the committee will be tabled at the next national executive committee meeting

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read