A good week for Zweli Mkhize
It was gratifying to see health minister Zweli Mkhize swoop in and read Nelson Mandela Bay health MEC Sindiswa Gomba the riot act
30 April 2020 - 05:00
A good week
Nelson Mandela Bay, the epicentre of the Eastern Cape Covid-19 outbreak, is short of medical personnel, protective gear, test kits, beds and, it seems, reliable case numbers — an apparent result of neglect by health MEC Sindiswa Gomba. So it was gratifying to see health minister Zweli Mkhize swoop in and read her the riot act. He’s also parachuted in his own deputy director-general to oversee things, and is sending in more epidemiologists. Prompt action from government — pity it’s taken 26 years to reach the beleaguered province...
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