WC Legislature: Western Cape health budget passed in spite of ANC objections

Western Cape Health MEC, Dr Nomafrench Mbombo, on Thursday once again called out the presidency for failing to stick to promises made to support the province in its fight against Covid-19. Mbombo was speaking as her department’s Special Adjustment Budget was debated in the provincial legislature.

Addressing the legislature, Mbombo said, “I still maintain history will judge us on how we handled Covid-19 and how we spent taxpayer’s money.” Mbombo made a similar claim on Wednesday when she accused the presidency of failing the province by not sending financial support quickly enough.But the ANC’s provincial spokesperson on health, Rachel Windvoegel, dismissed Mbombo’s claims.

Addressing the province’s response to the pandemic, Windvoegel said, “I am worried that once Covid-19 has passed, we will not have any tangible thing to show for all the billions spent; we will tell stories of field hospitals and temporary staff,” adding that, “the MEC blamed the whole world yesterday, but failed to show her province’s shortcomings”.

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