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Sep
04
2021
By The African Mirror
South African health minister says C.1.2 variant not a threat for now

South African health minister says C.1.2 variant not a threat for now

COVID-19
SOUTH Africa's Health Minister Joe Phaahla said on Friday that scientists had told the government that at this stage the C.1.2 coronavirus variant detected locally was not a threat. The C.1.2 variant was first identified in May and has now been seen in all of the country's nine provinces. Health Minister Joe Phaahla It contains some mutations associated in other variants with increased transmissibility and reduced sensitivity to neutralising antibodies, leading researchers to flag its detection to the government and the World Health Organization (WHO). "At this stage, they (scientists) have assured us it's not really a threat, they are…
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Jun
24
2021
By The African Mirror
SIU wins R22-million freeze order, goes for more

SIU wins R22-million freeze order, goes for more

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER AFTER getting a court order to freeze R22-million from a communication firm controversially linked to suspended South African Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is gunning for more, including an attempt to get individuals to pay back monies. The Special Tribunal yesterday granted the SIU an order to freeze R22-million in cash and investments that belong to Digital Vibes, a communications company at the heart of a R150-million tender scandal involving the Department of Health and Minister Mkhize. The scandal, which includes Digital Vibes paying for work done on Mkhize’s Johannesburg home, has…
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Jun
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Mkhize is the 3rd African Health Minister in trouble

Mkhize is the 3rd African Health Minister in trouble

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s Dr Zweli Mkhize has become the third health mininster in Africa to get in trouble after being implicated in corruption. Mkhize's suspension yesterday by President Cyril Ramaphosa comes a few months after his counterparts in Zimbabwe and Zambia lost their jobs after being implicated in corruption related to services offered in the battle against COVID-19. Zimbabwean Obaddiah Moyo was fired as health minister and replaced by Deputy President Constantino Chiwenga after allegations of corruption were levelled against him. Moyo was implicated in a $60-million dollar COVID-19 supply deal. In Zambia then Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya…
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Oct
19
2020
By The African Mirror
Lots of support for South African Health Minister infected with COVID-19

Lots of support for South African Health Minister infected with COVID-19

NEWS, COVID-19
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THERE has been an outpouring of support for South African Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, who has gone into quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19. World Health Organisation Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and South African president Cyril Ramaphosa have led a torrent of good wishes for Mkhize, who has tested positive together with his wife May. Ghebreyesus wished the Mkhize’s swift and easy recoveries. Ramaphosa also wished the couple a speedy recovery. “The President wishes the Mkhizes a safe and restful recovery and joins the Minister in calling on all South Africans to remain careful…
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