revealed that Mkhize's longtime personal spokesperson and alleged family friend, Tahera Mather, and Naadhira Mitha, who was Mkhize's secretary when he was the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs , had benefited from the tender.
The report described Digital Vibes as a small obscure communications company that had no website, nor any real footprint in the communications industry. News24 has asked Mkhize and Mather to comment on the allegations and is yet to receive a response. The response will be added once received.Daily Maverick reported the department denied that there was a conflict of interest but added that it was investigating the matter.
"Corruption during this Covid-19 pandemic has reached crisis levels," DA MP Siviwe Gwarube said in a statement.
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