Our view this week: A person who has himself been accused of corruption — more than once — is not the right person to steer the ship of national health insurance for South Africans.
But this is not Mkhize’s first alleged ride on the corruption gravy train.
In 2006, when he was the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for finance and economic development, his wife, May, was granted a R11.7-million loan to buy a farm and R1.3-million for working capital by the state-runAt the time, Mkhize described his wife as a “professional and a businesswoman in her own right [who] has dealings with other financial institutions” and defended the granting of the loan.
made allegations in an affidavit that Mkhize had been involved in diverting R3.4-million from Ithala for former president Jacob Zuma’s legal fees in 2005. The circumstances around the loan — which has not been repaid and the balance of which now stands at R7-million — were ventilated at theMaybe it is a good thing that the NHI process has been ongoing for over two decades. It has given us time to see the ruling party and the person who might want to run this system for what they are. For now, though, we can agree that Mkhize is not the person to run the NHI or any other entity in the state where public funds are involved.
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