Minister Mkhize confirms Eastern Cape will not be placed under administration to save lives
22 July 2020
Note to Editors: Please find attached English soundbite by Siviwe Gwarube MP, DA Shadow Minister of Health.
This morning the Health Portfolio Committee received a presentation from the Eastern Cape Department of Health on the crisis that is unfolding in the province regarding its health system incapacity.
This engagement with the province has proven that over and above the surge that is being experienced, the health system and those in leadership positions in the province, are out of their depth.
This admission was particularly concerning considering that the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has confirmed in a letter to me that he will not be instituting a section 100 intervention by placing the province under administration.