Gauteng Health won’t blacklist non-compliant companies
5 December 2022
The Gauteng Health Department will not blacklist the 12 non-compliant companies that got R381 million contracts from Gauteng hospitals in the last three years.
I asked Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko whether her department would blacklist these companies, and she responded in a written reply:
“A company can only be prevented from doing business with the Department if the matter has been investigated and if the investigation report recommend that the company must be prevented from doing business with the Department.”
The 12 companies are linked to Mr Hangwani Morgan Maumela, a nephew by marriage to President Cyril Ramaphosa. In her previous reply, Nkomo-Ralehoko said “none of the listed companies have SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) approval for the sale of medical products”, and she blamed “inadequate processes and oversight.”