Traditional leaders, inter-faith leaders and the business community had a meeting with the inter-ministerial committee.
They welcomed the consultation and offered their support for the government s rollout plan for vaccines.
An association of traditional doctors and sangomas accused the government of sidelining them in the vaccination programme.
Just days after traditional doctors complained they were being sidelined by the government with regard to the vaccine rollout, Deputy President David Mabuza called a meeting with traditional and inter-faith leaders.
Mabuza called the meeting in his capacity as the chairperson of the inter-ministerial committee on Covid-19 vaccines, which was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to oversee the rolling out of the programme.
Traditional doctors, sangomas want to be vaccinated alongside frontline health workers. (Getty Images)
Traditional doctors, herbalists and sangomas say they are health workers and are calling on government to include them when frontline health workers vaccinations start.
On Monday, the first consignment of vaccines landed at OR Tambo International Airport.
The government will begin its first phase of the vaccination programme by vaccinating health workers.
Traditional doctors, herbalists and sangomas say they are health workers too and are calling on the government to include them in the rollout of vaccinations to frontline health workers.
The call was made by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Traditional Health Practitioners Association, which has a membership of 75 000.
Traditional doctors, sangomas want to be vaccinated alongside health workers – The Citizen citizen.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from citizen.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.