Zweli Mkhize defends health department budget cuts

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

The rise in the numbers of new Covid-19 infections has been evident, with the latest stats, from Tuesday, showingAnswering a supplementary question during a parliamentary question and answer session on Wednesday from DA spokespersonHe said cuts were projected by the National Treasury and were blamed on weak economic growth.“This is done during the world's most devastating virus, Covid-19.

She said the decision to make the cuts and fund SAA was made at the expense of filling critical vacancies, building health-care infrastructure and ensuring that provinces such as the Eastern Cape, which is facing a second wave of Covid-19, are not failing people who were dying from the pandemic. “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.

 

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