SIU claims Masuku’s denial of knowledge of irregular PPE procurement is ‘self-serving’ News24 Wire
Former Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku | Picture: Twitter / @GautengProvince Masuku’s legal team earlier submitted to the court that SIU’s findings were not ‘supported by a shred of evidence’.
Former Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku’s denial of knowledge of corrupt, unlawful and irregular procurement of PPE is self-serving, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) argued in court papers.
“Having regard to his constitutional and statutory duties, I respectfully submit that the applicant’s denial of knowledge of corrupt, unlawful and improper procurement by, and in the provincial department, is simply unfounded and impermissibly self-serving,” SIU for
In the meantime, Magistrate Adriaan Bekker would also consider the media’s application to broadcast the proceedings.
#Publicprotector#BusisiweMkhwebane has arrived at the Pta Mag Court ahead of her first appearance on charges of perjury @TheCitizen Newspic.twitter.com/foy47skjpi
The charges against Mkhwebane relate to allegations that she lied under oath about meetings she had had with former president Jacob Zuma, in affidavits submitted to the North Gauteng High Court and the Pretoria Regional Court in 2017 and 2018 respectively.
Paul Hoffmann – who heads up lobby group Accountability Now – opened the case against Mkhwebane in 2019, on the back of a scathing Constitutional Court judgment in which she was found personally liable for close to R1 milion worth of legal fees the SA Reserve Bank racked up reviewing Mkhwebane’s findings in the Bankorp matter.
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane will make representations to the National Prosecuting Authority for the perjury charges against her to be withdrawn.
Scheming against black doctors: Blacklisted black MD feels vindicated Lindile Sifile > By Lindile Sifile - 20 January 2021 - 07:34
A triumphant Dr Nonkosi Ngumbela, who has been blacklisted for almost three years from servicing patients from Medscheme, says she is vindicated after three medical aid schemes were found to have racially profiled black practitioners.
“I’m excited that the truth is finally out but I still have deep anger at how my name had been dragged through the mud by criminals who ran rampant, destroying the lives of many black doctors. Some of my colleagues’ children were so looking forward to following in their parents’ footsteps but have since chosen different career paths because of the frustrations their parents went through,” said Ngumbela, 61, a general practitioner of more than 30 years from East London in the Eastern Cape.
Former Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku will on Thursday attempt to convince the high court in Pretoria to declare the Special Investigating Unit’s findings against him unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid.