Sandile Buthelezi
latest news & developmentsHealth director-general Sandile Buthelezi, two other officials arrested for fraud, theft
Buthelezi was previously implicated and later cleared in the Digital Vibes scandal
Former health spokesperson Popo Maja in court over alleged Digital Vibes graft
Maja appeared in the specialised commercial crimes court on charges of corruption
Mkhize throws the book at the Special Investigating Unit
It’s a long shot at political redemption for the former health minister and, more pressingly, a bid to avert criminal charges
Special Investigating Unit to oppose efforts to reject Mkhize report
Former health minister Zweli Mkhize seeks relief to declare the SIU’s conduct against him ‘unlawful and unconstitutional
Health department suspends officials over Digital Vibes contract
Six of the nine implicated officials suspended for their part in the controversial Digital Vibes saga are from the health department
Ramaphosa on Mkhize: ‘He has served South Africa well’
The president said the former health minister had steered the country around the HIV crisis and now the Covid-19 pandemic, and now a Special Investigating Unit report has…
Mkhize’s conduct was ‘at best improper, at worst unlawful’
The Special Investigating Unit says Mkhize’s denials that his family benefited were ‘untrue’
Health director general suspended for alleged involvement in Digital Vibes contract
After initially defending Sandile Buthelezi’s personal leave, the health department has announced that he has been placed on precautionary suspension
Special Investigating Unit records detail Zweli Mkhize’s role in Digital Vibes looting
In its court document, the SIU sets out its case against the alleged fraudulent and corrupt relationship between Digital Vibes, Mkhize and the health department — and asks for a…
DA calls for elections to be held in October, EFF wants them postponed to March 2022
The electoral commission heard that delaying local government elections will be an assault on democracy and that people’s lives should not be put at risk during the Covid crisis
The EVDS will schedule your appointments six weeks apart. Here’s why
South Africa has doubled the interval for the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. We take a look at what other countries have done and the evidence for the move
Parliament’s health committee no closer to Digital Vibes contract answers, awaits SIU report
Thursday was the first time acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane appeared before the committee, but she did not have many answers for MPs
Mkhize advised by lawyers to not meet parliament’s health committee
MPs from opposition parties agree that the sub judice reason for the health minister not appearing before the committee is not valid
Mkhize: ‘I didn’t benefit’ from R150m irregular health tender
The department of health will ask for the immediate recovery of all irregular payments made to Digital Vibes
State of play after 400 days of South African lockdown
With about 1.5-million infections and 54 000 deaths, Covid-19 is still very much part of our lives as the state works to boost vaccinations