The North West Health Department was placed under administration in 2018 after failures of governance and allegations of fraud and corruption resulted in widespread service delivery protests. Now, as the period under administration is set to come to an end, Spotlight finds out if the situation.
It has been almost four years since the North West department of health was put under administration in 2018, but some healthcare users there say improvement in health services has been negligible.
29 January 2021, 7:11 PM | Patrick Dintwa | @SABCNews
Image: SABC NewsThe controversy around the recent procurement of the AstraZeneca vaccine will also be discussed.
There seems to be fractures in the African National Congress (ANC) in the North West province. The party’s Interim Provincial Committee (IPC) says some of its members within the provincial legislature, were in cahoots with opposition parties. The IPC is accusing them of voting with opposition benches during the election of a new Chair of Chairs. The party says members have defied its mandate.
According to reports, five members of the ANC, among them, Premier Job Mokgoro, voted with opposition parties. The Democratic Alliance (DA) nominated the candidate who obtained 15 votes against 14 received by her contender. The winner, Pricilla Williams, contested against former Mahikeng local municipal mayor, Lena Miga.