Zweli Mkhize defends health department budget cuts

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Health minister Zweli Mkhize has defended his government for its planned health department budget cuts, as fresh fears of a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic surface.

“This is done during the world's most devastating virus, Covid-19. To add insult to injury, minister [of finance, Tito Mboweni] has indicated that over R10bn will be allocated to saving an ailing state airline, SAA,” said Gwarube.

“How can your government justify cutting front-line services at a time like this to bail out an entity that has not been viable for decades while health-care workers are killing themselves to mount a decent response to this pandemic?” said Gwarube.

Mkhize said the government's competing priorities necessitated rebalancing and reprioritisation of finances.

 

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This poes and the ANC are still stealing billions. These nomadic scavengers have ruined the country.

Lucky Montana ore o hloka nnete, malome. Like that minister of twitter who positions himself within the circle of whoever is the president

We are ruled by idiots. FFS. This country is doomed!!

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