The unit will attempt to recover millions in alleged inducements that flowed to his wife, son and daughter-in-law for his approval of the Digital Vibes contracts
If former health minister Zweli Mkhize and his family have been celebrating the decision by Parliament’s ethics committee to clear him in regard to the Digital Vibes affair, they may want to put the cork back in the champagne bottle. Mkhize’s family may now be held liable for payments of ne.
In its main application, the SIU seeks to hold Digital Vibes, Tahera Mather, Naadira Mitha, the former health minister Zweli Mkhize and Welcome Mthethwa jointly and severally liable for the repayment of about R150m derived from unlawfully concluded transactions between the National Department o.
IN ITS effort to recover millions of rands siphoned from the Department of Health’s Digital Vibes contract, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) wants former health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize’s wife, Dr May, and his son Dedani to be part of the case.