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Heberon.
It appears the senior command structure of the national defence force is not an active participant into an ongoing Public Protector (PP) investigation of how and why an unregistered Cuban drug was acquired by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
The investigation by Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s office is one of three. The others are a task team appointed by Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and a SA Police Service (SAPS) one initiated by Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentarian Kobus Marais.
Last week Marais told defenceWeb the PP advocate leading the Cuban drug investigation received feedback from the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) with no response from the SANDF, probably in the form of its military health service. A deadline of Friday, 30 April, came and went without any PP/SANDF contact. This, according to Johannesburg daily The Citizen, will see the Chapter Nine institution �
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A vial of Heberon.
Feedback from one of three investigations underway into the acquisition, from Cuba, of an unregistered drug to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the national defence force indicates at present no response from the SA National Defence Force (SANDF).
A senior investigator at the Office of the Public Protector, responding to Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentarian Kobus Marais on the investigation’s progress, said the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) answered an enquiry letter from the Chapter Nine institution as regards its involvement in the acquisition of Heberon.
The shadow defence and military veterans minister was further informed the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), still under the leadership of General Solly Shoke, had not replied to the Public Protector enquiry.
Sama said the Surgeon-General of the SAMHS, Lieutenant-General Zola Dabula, had assured them of this.
Dabula told them the roll-out for military healthcare workers will begin in mid-March and that he is accrediting the facilities.
Sama chairperson Dr Angelique Coetzee said the association welcomed this and urged that it must be done according to regulations of the Department of Health.
As a result of this, the SA National Defence Union (Sandu) will not proceed with legal action to compel the Ministry of Defence and Military Veterans, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) and the SAMHS to register all military healthcare workers in the Sisonke Vaccination Programme.
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