Makhura, Masuku to meet with ANC Gauteng over Covid-19 corruption claims

Gauteng ANC secretary Jacob Khawe will on Monday meet with the province’s Premier David Makhura and health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku following allegations of widespread corruption at the health department.Its spokesperson Bones Modise told News24 the ANC wanted to find out from its own deployees what really happened.

“The provincial secretary is meeting with the premier and Masuku to get their side of the story and to get an update on processes undertaken to address the issue,” said Modise. He added that while the meeting was with deployees to provincial government, there was a strong likelihood that the MMC would also be called in.

Masuku also said he had requested an investigation by the Special Investigating Unit into the claims last week, calling for action to be taken if any evidence of corruption was found within his department.

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