The Portfolio Committee on Health received an update today from the Director-General (DG) of the Department of Health, Dr Sandile Buthelezi, on the investigations into the awarding of the Digital Vibes contract, processes followed, and actions taken thus far. The Chairperson of the committee, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, informed the committee that Minister Zweli Mkhize couldn’t appear before the committee and lead the department for the briefing, due to the fact that his name is also involved in .
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize this week provided an update on investigations into a National Health Insurance communications contract which is mired in controversy. That same morning, MPs were again reminded of how critical an independent NHI board will be. One organisation has proposed an ad.
MPs told of rough start in some vaccination sites
By Siyavuya Mzantsi
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THE Newman Community Day Centre in Paarl is not ready for the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out programme.
This emerged when the Portfolio Committee on Health recently visited a number of the sites for the roll out of phase 2 of the vaccination programme.
These also included the Langa Clinic and the KTC Clinic in Gugulethu.
During the Paarl visit, management at the Newman Community Day Centre said that it was only going to be ready at the end of May. The managers attributed the delay to the change of vaccines from Johnson & Johansson to Pfizer.