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The Hawks  has served warrants of arrests against director general at the department of health Sandile Buthelezi and two other senior officials,

Health director-general Sandile Buthelezi, two other officials arrested for fraud, theft

Buthelezi was previously implicated and later cleared in the Digital Vibes scandal

Popo Maja

Former health spokesperson Popo Maja in court over alleged Digital Vibes graft

Maja appeared in the specialised commercial crimes court on charges of corruption

Pragmatic: Former health minister Zweli Mkhize (L) with President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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

Former health minister Zweli Mkhize. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)

Special Investigating Unit to oppose efforts to reject Mkhize report

Former health minister Zweli Mkhize seeks relief to declare the SIU’s conduct against him ‘unlawful and unconstitutional

Anban Pillay.

Health department suspends officials over Digital Vibes contract

Six of the nine implicated officials suspended for their part in the controversial Digital Vibes saga are from the health department

In sickness and in health: President Cyril Ramaphosa (L) with former health minister Zweli Mkhize in 2020.

Ramaphosa on Mkhize: ‘He has served South Africa well’

The president said the former health minister had steered the country around the HIV crisis and now the Covid-19 pandemic, and now a Special Investigating Unit report has…

The Hawks  has served warrants of arrests against director general at the department of health Sandile Buthelezi and two other senior officials,

Health director general suspended for alleged involvement in Digital Vibes contract

After initially defending Sandile Buthelezi’s personal leave, the health department has announced that he has been placed on precautionary suspension

Answers are scant as Dr Zweli Mkhize remains on “special leave”. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Parliament’s health committee no closer to Digital Vibes contract answers, awaits SIU report

Thursday was the first time acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane appeared before the committee, but she did not have many answers for MPs

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Mkhize advised by lawyers to not meet parliament’s health committee

MPs from opposition parties agree that the sub judice reason for the health minister not appearing before the committee is not valid

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize. (Photo Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

How SA wants to sell the AstraZeneca vaccine for half the price and what the loss could be

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says selling on the vaccines will stem wasteful expenditure, but people close to the discussions with AU say they will be sold on the cheap