The MEC for health in KwaZulu-Natal has come under heavy criticism for allegedly blocking a scheduled oversight visit to Stanger Hospital by DA shadow minister of health Siviwe Gwarube
However Simelane-Zulu dismissed the DA’s claim as “misguided and embarrassing attempts by the DA to smuggle themselves into the Covid–19 national conversation through the concoction of dubious theories and misinformation”.
“At a time when the country is afflicted by a deadly pandemic such as Covid -19, the department has a responsibility to safeguard staff, patients and visitors, and therefore has the prerogative to grant or deny such requests. But Gwarube maintained that MPs were empowered to conduct unannounced oversight inspections at any public institution because of the pressure placed on the system by the pandemic. She said the DA wrote to Simelane-Zulu and the HOD for health last week alerting them to the inspection “as a matter of courtesy”.
She added that the matter would be reported to health minister Zweli Mkhize and called on Deputy President David Mabuza as the leader of government business to sanction Simelane-Zulu.
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