SA health officials linked to scandal face suspension

Six South African health department officials who were linked to a corruption scandal will be suspended from their posts on Thursday pending a disciplinary hearing and the formalisation of charges against them, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said.

The move follows the release of a report by the nation’s Special Investigating Unit, which found that a R150 million communications contract was irregularly awarded to a company headed by close associates of Zweli Mkhize, who quit as health minister last month.