Task team to probe âpossible wrongdoingâ in SANDFâs R260m Cuban drug deal
By Mayibongwe Maqhina
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Cape Town â Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on Thursday appointed a task team to investigate allegations of the importation of the R260 million medical supplies of Heberon Interferon-B from Cuba without following regulatory and procurement procedures.
Spokesperson Siphiwe Dlamini said Mapisa-Nqakula appointed the three-member task team to investigate the veracity of allegations which arose at the end of last year amid allegations involving Defence Intelligence and the purchasing of Interferon- B.
âThe minister views these allegations in a very serious light and the task team is expected to prepare a report within six months with recommendations to address any wrongdoing uncovered whether of a criminal or disciplinary nature, and to also include broader recommendations on how to stop such behaviour and prevent it going forward should any of the a
Top SA military medical staff in hot water over âirregularâ R260m medicine tender
By Baldwin Ndaba
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Cape Town â The parliamentary committee on defence and military veterans has summoned the top medical staff of the South African Military Health Service to appear before it following the alleged irregular procurement of Heberon â a treatment of chronic hepatitis â worth more than R260 million.
Cyril Xaba, the chairperson of the Defence and Military Veterans committee, said his committee was seriously concerned by the lack of planning and disregard for regulatory rules and regulation in the procurement of Heberon ® Alfa R (Heberon), which contains the active ingredient interferon alpha 2b, procured for approximately R260.59 million by the Department of Defence.