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Health Dept Comes Under Fire for 'Unattainable' Budget Plan

SOUTH AFRICA
  • Health Dept's department's budget plan is being widely criticised as being 'unattainable', given most govt departments are being hit with budget cuts.
  • Health Min Mkhize tabled the R62.5 billion budget vote this week, with R9bn allocated to Covid-19.
  • Mkhize's department was criticised by opposition parties for fluffing the vaccine rollout, and blaming it on external influences when government incompetence was equally to blame.
  • Mkhize conceded that the rollout had not gone to plan, but did not take full accountability for it.
  • The department expressed concern around the third wave of infections looming, and said alcohol and tobacco laws needed to be tightened
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com

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