Department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said the editing of the video “to suit a certain narrative” was “malicious and is meant to present MEC as a racist, which could not be further from the truth”.
In the second “distorted clip”, the MEC is heard apologising that the Cuban doctors who recently arrived in the country are not “white” when, in fact, she had apologised to the premier because the doctors were not yet dressed in white coats.
The department lashed out at the “mischievous and malicious” intentions behind the creation of the videos, and said they were evidence of the “ongoing character assassination of MEC Gomba” by those who wanted her removed from office.
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