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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>President Cyril Ramaphosa placed Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on special leave on Tuesday so he can attend to allegations levelled against him in the Digital Vibes debacle, the Presidency said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis period of special leave will enable the minister to attend to allegations and investigations concerning contracts between the Department of Health and a service provider, Digital Vibes,\u201d the Presidency said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Special Investigating Unit is investigating this matter and the president awaits a report on the outcome of this probe.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Presidency said Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane will serve as acting Minister of Health until further notice.<\/p>\n

Digital Vibes was awarded a R150m contract by the department for communications work that had initially focused on the National Health Insurance scheme but was later expanded to include Covid-19 communications.<\/p>\n

The company is accused of inflating prices and doing work that the department could do internally.<\/p>\n

As more allegations against Mkhize surfaced, political parties called for his head.<\/p>\n

Conceding that the R150m contract was irregular, Mkhize claimed he had not personally benefited from it and that he did not declare a conflict of interest because he believed there was none.<\/p>\n

However, according to reports, the communications firm allegedly paid for maintenance at a property owned by Mkhize\u2019s family trust.<\/p>\n

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