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Gauteng Health reviews security vetting process for top officials

The Gauteng Health Department is reviewing all security vetting processes for senior officials. According to an IoL report, this is amid concerns among opposition legislators that some have been appointed without passing a security audit.

The department has come under heavy scrutiny lately after former MEC Bandile Masuku was fired following a finding by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) that he had failed to take appropriate action on alleged dodgy contracts for the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) said Jacob Mamabolo, who is acting in Masuku’s position, had indicated that the review was underway in response to questions in the legislature. “Jacob Mamabolo has disclosed in an oral reply to my questions at the Tuesday sitting of the Gauteng legislature that his department is conducting a review of all security vetting processes of senior officials,” DA head of health in the province Jack Bloom said.

Bloom said he had asked Mamabolo how many senior officials had been appointed since January 2019 without passing a security audit. “I am concerned that this information is not currently available but I am encouraged that he has taken the matter seriously by doing a security review of appointments which will be made public when completed,” Bloom said. “I hope that the review that is being done leads to accountability for the alarming lack of security audits,” he said.

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