“He has served the nation well, and I think as much as we want to be gung-ho and send him to the gallows, we do need to also recognise some of the things that he has done. Minister Mkhize has served the nation well,” said Ramaphosa.
Speaking at an impromptu media engagement at the ANC’s headquarters after the launch of the party's local government election manifesto in Tshwane on Monday, Ramaphosa said Mkhize had been instrumental in steering the state's response to the pandemic, as well as securing vaccines.
“I remember very well when he was the health MEC in KZN, when we were going through a period of [HIV/Aids] denialism, he took a different path that finally defined the way that we responded to HIV. So I think that needs some recognition, but at the same time he has resigned and ... we need to give recognition to that,” Ramaphosa said.On why he took so long to release the report, Ramaphosa said he was a “process person” and that people needed to be given an opportunity to respond.
be able to respond, so that whatever wrong that has been done should be followed through and there should be consequence management based on the measure of good fairness,” he said.
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