The Northern Cape health department has been without a permanent department head since July 2020 and its acting head was suspended in 2021 following his arrest on charges of fraud and corruption.
The Northern Cape health department has been without a permanent head since July 2020, and an acting head was suspended after being arrested in August last year on charges of fraud and corruption. The Northern Cape health department has been without a permanent head since July 2020, and an acti.
Unions call for acting Northern Cape Health HOD to be suspended after arrest
By Sandi Kwon Hoo
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Kimberley - Unions are calling for the immediate suspension of the acting HOD of the Northern Cape Department of Health, Dr Dion Theys, after he appeared in court this week on charges of contravening the Public Finance Management Act.
The charges relate to lease agreements for accommodation for nursing students, amounting to R96 million, that were concluded with the JP Hugo residence in 2014.
Theys was granted bail of R30 000 in the Kimberley Regional Court on Wednesday.
The provincial secretary of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa), Anthony Vassen, said that Theys was not fit to hold office at the Department of Health after being implicated in “such serious charges”.