Anban Pillay
latest news & developmentsFormer 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’
ANC Integrity Committee recommends Zweli Mkhize step aside
ANC sources say the report by the committee will be tabled at the next national executive committee meeting
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…
Eight things you need to know about the vaccine rollout
About 80 000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine have arrived in South Africa out of the nine million procured — 300 000 to 500 000 are expected to arrive within two…
How SA wants to sell the AstraZeneca vaccine for half the price and what the loss could be
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says selling on the vaccines will stem wasteful expenditure, but people close to the discussions with AU say they will be sold on the cheap
Johnson & Johnson vaccines could arrive in South Africa next week
We spoke to experts, looked at the data and relistened to the health department’s briefings to break down the revised roll-out plan
The barcoding gap: Can South Africa protect its Covid jabs from crime?
Full track and traceability of Covid-19 jabs won’t happen during South Africa’s vaccine roll-out, as the health department has not yet adopted the “overarching” system that would…
This is how medical aid schemes will help to fund SA’s vaccines
Medical aid schemes and businesses will help the government with the cost of acquiring enough vaccines for the South African population to achieve herd immunity