Cabinet spokesperson Phumla Williams said the IMC would assist with "the quick decision-making from all the relevant departments that contribute towards the smooth roll-out of the vaccination programme".
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Ward councillor Nicky Vitbooi allegedly overlooked people not aligned to her faction during the distribution of food parcels.
It s also alleged she took half of the money allocated by the municipality for the burial of a pauper.
Meanwhile, it s alleged councillor Kuhle Ciliza solicited a R50 000 bribe from an artist who applied for municipal funding.
Two ANC ward councillors in the Buffalo City metro have been suspended without pay for three months after they were found guilty of manipulating the dispersal of Covid-19 relief food parcels and other offences.
The councillors, Nicky Roseline Vitbooi of Ward 10 and Kuhle Ciliza of Ward 1, were suspended by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC Xolile Nqatha for violating the Municipal Systems Act, the Cogta department announced in a statement on Wednesday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Deputy President David Mabuza as the chairperson of the inter-ministerial committee (IMC) on Covid-19 vaccination, which the Democratic Alliance contends is "nothing more than ANC [African National Congress] factional battles playing itself out". Ramaphosa first made the announcement on the establishment of the IMC at a meeting of the ANC's Progressive Business Forum on Tuesday, before any official word from the government on the matter.
Mapisa-Nqakula a ministerial COVID-19 vaccination committee member
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Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
In addition to being a National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) member, Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been appointed to the inter-ministerial committee (IMC) on vaccination, the newest weapon in government’s arsenal against the war on COVID-19.
She and 13 other Cabinet ministers will, under the leadership of deputy president David Mabuza, “receive reports and intervene in challenges that may be encountered during implementation” of the national vaccine roll-out, according to as GCIS (Government Communication and Information System) statement issued after Tuesday’s (19 January’s) special Cabinet meeting. The meeting was called to discuss an NCCC progress report.