Swift response and suspension of officials implicated in the Digital Vibes scandal welcomed
30 September 2021
The FF Plus welcomes the announcement that seven officials in the service of the Department of Health, who have been implicated in the Digital Vibes scandal by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report, will be suspended this afternoon.
Dr Joe Phaahla, Minister of Health, also announced this morning that disciplinary action will be taken against the officials in question.
The evidence collected by the SIU is damning and must be used in the disciplinary process as well.
The FF Plus wants to see that the officials are also criminally prosecuted at once. The guilty individuals must not only have disciplinary steps – which are usually accompanied by golden handshakes and a resignation – taken against them.