Parliament must hold Minister Mkhize accountable for the vaccine rollout process during tomorrow’s meeting
06 January 2021
The Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, will be presenting government's plans on the Covid-19 vaccine to the Portfolio Committee of Health tomorrow, and the Democratic Alliance will be using this opportunity to hold the minister to account on various issues, which have come to light with the vaccine procurement processes.
We will seek clarity on:
1. The current processes and status of the bilateral engagements with vaccine manufacturers. A number of vaccine options are unviable, deemed unaffordable or unavailable for South Africa. What the status of these bilateral engagements is in light of these issues.
2. Government cannot rely solely on the Solidarity Fund to finance this vaccine endeavor. It needs to have a sustainable and viable funding stream which government must present. There is plenty of wasted funds going to failing SOEs which can be directed to this life- saving process.