PREMIUM!
Gauteng Premiere addresses the media outside a field hospital by the entrance to Steve Biko Academic Hospital where Gauteng Premiere David Makhura visited, 11 January 2020, Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles
While the Democratic Alliance (DA) tries to oust Gauteng premier David Makhura in a bid for a motion of no confidence, it is likely the ongoing personal protective equipment (PPE) saga in the province would do no harm to the ANC in the upcoming local government elections. According to an affidavit by former Gauteng health chief financial officer Kabelo Lehloenya to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), Makhura was allegedly involved in handpicking suppliers in the awarding of PPE tenders. But Makhura has since denied the allegations, accusing Special Tribunal Judgement by Judge Selewe Motlhe of erring by directly referring to.