Govt stopped Covid-19 vaccine talks with middlemen due to overpricing – Mkhize

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Mkize revealed that government was offered the vaccine by middlemen, however, the cost was four times the price from manufacturers.

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Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the government cut out dealing with middlemen to procure vaccines because of fear of over-pricing, corruption and possible defective vaccines.

“Now it’s possible you may fall into a trap of desperation and you can actually be hoodwinked, you have to be very careful of all those kind of things,” he said. “We just had a big problem now, when we were dealing with PPEs. We ended up with PPEs with difficult sizes and bad quality. “The problem with a lot of people here, they think this thing is so simplistic. Because the UK was able to do it, South Africa should be able to do it – it’s not quite like that.”He said: “The difference is that other countries got more resources than what the South African economy has. They could actually put in money and, even if that money was lost, it is fine.

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Citizen editorial standards are as terrible as Trump and his supporters. They have forgot how to write a proudly South African IsiZulu surname of the health Minister. Thumamina blunders. It's Mkhize not Mkize

That's how our government operates, why is it shocking when the same thing is done to them? 🙄

Why can't the Government buy it direct from the manufacturer?

Why middle man?, Don't they know where Pfizer offices are situated. Bloody crooks. Why middle man.. Sies

Real story is they (ANC) were negotiating their cut with middlemen when the heat got too high and they had to back off hence delays.

Tendering System 😅

I expect such lousy reports from a local govt scm admin clerk. Tell us serious things like the long term effects of mRNA vaccines which were illegal for humanity until Covid19 miraculously emerged

Their negotiation skills are sorely lacking!

Which middlemen have the vaccine

So why didn’t they sign? Sounds like a typical government transaction to me. Or were the middle men not connected enough and the bribes to low?

Mkhize not Mkize siyezwana?😎😎😎

You don't when to stop capturing our tax

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