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The all-day debate on the State of the Nation Address kicked off. It's the first two days of debate before the president responds on Thursday.  Guest: Lindsay Dentlinger, EWN Reporter.  Disgraced former health spokesperson Popo Maja is back in the commercial crimes court for corruption charges linked to Digital Vibes.  Guest: Kgomotso Modise, EWN Reporter.  A sex worker who alleges that she almost fell victim to serial killer Sifiso Mkhwanazi's murder spree in 2022 will continue testifying in the trial against him today.  Guest: Mongezi Koko, EWN Reporter.  Gauteng Government Launches 6000 CCTV Cameras to Fight Crime In continuing its mission of combatting crime using technology. Guest: Panyza Lesufi, Gauteng Premier. The Department of Correctional Services has asked the public to assist in locating the whereabouts of a prisoner who escaped from a hospital in Tshwane while receiving treatment. Guest: Singabakho Nxumalo, Correctional Services spokesperson.  Yet another violent incident at a school in South Africa – this time in Cape Town. A Grade 11 pupil was stabbed 3 times at JG Meiring High School in Goodwood yesterday. He /she was rushed to hospital in a stable condition.  Guest: Lauren Isaacs, EWN Reporter.  Analysis of the latest IPSOS latest poll.  Guest: Wayne Sussman, Elections Analyst. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Business Day “On the floor” from Nasrec Podcast Mary Papayya speaks to veteran journalist Carien du Plessis, Business Day Political reporter Thando Maeko and the Institute for Global Dialogue's Sanusha Naidu. We take you to the heart of the contest. Hear who the front runners are and what their supporters are saying. From the Phala Phala scandal and the Digital Vibes saga - who will emerge victorious.

In this Business Day “On the floor” from Nasrec Podcast Mary Papayya speaks to veteran journalist Carien du Plessis, Business Day Political reporter Thando Maeko and the Institute for Global Dialogue's Sanusha Naidu. We take you to the heart of the contest. Hear who the front runners are and what their supporters are saying. From the Phala Phala scandal and the Digital Vibes saga - who will emerge victorious.

On Sunday Times Politics Weekly, Zweli Mkhize chats about what he will do if he is elected ANC president at the party's elective conference this weekend, Digital Vibes corruption allegations and the growing support he has received since being nominated. The former health minister received 916 nominations for the position, while his rival, President Cyril Ramaphosa, received 2,037. However, Mkhize says after engagements with ANC branches, all indications are that he has “huge support”. He also touches on where the ANC's focus should be, state capture, nationalisation of the Reserve Bank, the formation of a state bank and the energy crisis.

On Sunday Times Politics Weekly, Zweli Mkhize chats about what he will do if he is elected ANC president at the party's elective conference this weekend, Digital Vibes corruption allegations and the growing support he has received since being nominated. The former health minister received 916 nominations for the position, while his rival, President Cyril Ramaphosa, received 2,037. However, Mkhize says after engagements with ANC branches, all indications are that he has “huge support”. He also touches on where the ANC's focus should be, state capture, nationalisation of the Reserve Bank, the formation of a state bank and the energy crisis.

On Sunday Times Politics Weekly, Zweli Mkhize chats about what he will do if he is elected ANC president at the party's elective conference this weekend, Digital Vibes corruption allegations and the growing support he has received since being nominated. The former health minister received 916 nominations for the position, while his rival, President Cyril Ramaphosa, received 2,037. However, Mkhize says after engagements with ANC branches, all indications are that he has “huge support”. He also touches on where the ANC's focus should be, state capture, nationalisation of the Reserve Bank, the formation of a state bank and the energy crisis.

President Cyril Ramaphosa's main political rivals, Paul Mashatile and Zweli Mkhize, are expected to push back against calls for his removal during an African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee (NEC) meeting on Monday. A key Mashatile ally and lobbyist, Nkenke Kekana, said the NEC could not seek to remove Ramaphosa and that the president's fate should be decided at the party's conference. "Dr Mkhize's view is that the NEC would be well-advised to defer the question of whether President Ramaphosa should be forced to resign or not to the delegates who would be gathering in Nasrec in less than two weeks' time to decide," Mkhize's communication advisor, Vuyo Mkhize, said. He is expected to argue at the ANC meeting that he, too, subjected himself to a parliamentary process and was cleared by the legislature with regard to the allegations he faced. Ramaphosa opened the meeting on Monday morning but left soon after, saying that he could not be present when his fate was being discussed. The ANC's national working committee (NWC) resolved on Sunday that ANC MPs should not vote to adopt the Section 89 panel report, which would open the way for an impeachment process against Ramaphosa. The matter is expected to be debated sharply at the broader meeting on Monday. Kekana told News24 that the ANC could not take action against the president on the basis of the Section 89 panel's report. "The NEC is not in a position to remove a sitting president, especially when we are about to arrive at the conference - unless the integrity commission reports that the president must step aside. Outside of that framework, the mere report of Parliament is just the beginning of a process that must be allowed to take its course," he said. Kekana added he believed that the ANC should work in the next two weeks to agree to an uncontested leadership race. "I am still confident that there is still a chance that we can find each other [so] that there is an uncontested conference. Provincial leaders can come together and work out something that is palatable for the conference and for the conference to ponder over it," Kekana said in an interview with News24. News24 understands that a meeting between Mashatile and Deputy President David Mabuza took place in Johannesburg on Thursday, while Ramaphosa was mulling over whether to resign, spooked his allies enough to convince him that his resignation would be "exactly what Paul wants". Then, a seemingly unilateral decision by Mashatile to move a planned NEC from sitting virtually on Thursday evening, to an in-person meeting on Friday, proved to Ramaphosa's allies that his resignation would mean "handing over the ANC to DD (Mabuza) and Paul to do what they want to with it". Mashatile - who holds enormous power as treasurer-general, acting secretary-general and acting deputy secretary-general - is contesting the ANC deputy presidency at the conference, which is expected to begin on 16 December. But those around him have hinted that given the Phala Phala scandal involving Ramaphosa and the Digital Vibes scandal involving Mkhize, Mashatile might make an 11th-hour bid for the ANC presidency. Kekana said that there were a lot of "rumour-mongering and distortions" about Mashatile in the run-up to the conference. "As per the Constitution, and it's not Paul's design, if the president resigns, the section of the Constitution kicks in, the deputy president takes over, and the Cabinet stays put. In a hypothetical situation, it would mean 14 days before the conference, there would be a new president," Kekana said. He added that there was a case for Ramaphosa to answer and that he should face a parliamentary process in that regard. "We cannot use emotions; we can't use our historical dislike for the president to take a political decision," he said. Kekana also said that the ANC integrity commission's report on the Phala Phala matter should set the tone for a decision by the party. That report, as well as a report on...

'n Professor by die Wits-leerskool vir Regeerkunde, William Gumede, sê die ANC gaan later die maand na sy 55ste verkiesingskonferensie by Nasrec, Johannesburg, as 'n verdeelde party. Die ANC-president, Cyril Ramaphosa, staar 'n moontlike staat van beskuldiging in die gesig oor bevindings teen hom in die Phala Phala-verslag. Gumede sê die ander ANC-presidentskandidaat, Zweli Mkhize, staar bewerings van korrupsie in die gesig weens die Digital Vibes-skandaal.

Renowned South African political commentator and columnist Justice Malala on Tuesday asserted that African National Congress (ANC) treasurer general Paul Mashatile would definitely become the party's deputy president and added that he could also be elevated to the presidency of the ANC. Malala was speaking during a PSG webinar where he said that if President Cyril Ramaphosa and former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize (who is also in the running for party president) have to step aside for the Phala Phala and Digital Vibes sagas, respectively, two of the top runners will be out of play. He predicted that Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who has been linked to the Jacob Zuma faction, would not ascend to the presidency. The ANC will hold its fifty-fifth elective conference in December, where Ramaphosa is due to again come up against Dlamini-Zuma, after he defeated her in 2017. Malala explained that Ramaphosa's second-term bid had been endorsed by Limpopo, the Eastern Cape, North West and Mpumalanga. Gauteng and the Northern Cape are also expected to rally behind him. He reiterated that while Dlamini-Zuma vies for the ANC presidency, she won't make it as recent events have marked the end of former President Zuma in the party. “I think the ANC delegates have rejected the influence of Jacob Zuma in the ANC and the attempt by him to influence who gets chosen as the ANC leader,” Malala explained. He said Mashatile had been very interesting in policy terms, particularly around his pronouncements on land. Mashatile revealed that the ANC may have to scrap its plans to change the Constitution to make it easier for the government to seize land without paying for it and address racially skewed ownership patterns. He also highlighted that Mashatile had always been interesting in as far as business-friendliness was concerned. Malala noted that Mashatile would not be a bad choice to lead the ANC, explaining that Mashatile could attract the popular vote in 2024 to mitigate against the party's bad press. COALITION GOVERNMENTS He said recent developments in the country's political arena were “heart-breaking for voters”, referring to coalition governments in Nelson Mandela Bay and in the City of Johannesburg. “A lot of people would have chosen an alternative to the ANC, voted for it and said ‘Well, even if I voted DA and they work with ActionSA and the IFP at least these guys can form something'. The collapse, and high profile collapse, we have seen in the City of Johannesburg leads to a certain disgruntlement with the political establishment so people will be asking themselves why should I be voting for a small party, what is the point because they going to collapse at coalition,” he said. He noted that while coalition governments had worked in some parts of the world, he believed that some had been very damaging in recent times. He suggested that the City of Johannesburg prepare for a coalition government again in the 2024 election, and added that the ANC would have to rethink how it worked with the EFF, IFP, and others in a coalition. PROGRESS DURING RAMAPHOSA'S PRESIDENCY Meanwhile, Malala said he has not seen the kind of speed and resoluteness needed to achieve the results which Ramaphosa set out to achieve when he became President. He highlighted that the country's problems were massive, specifically referring to “catastrophic youth unemployment” in an economy that had hundreds of thousands of youth coming into the system every year and that was only growing at 1%. He said government was adding to tensions that could lead to actions such as the 2021 July unrest. Malala said he disagreed with former President Kgalema Motlanthe who said the ANC had heard the alarm bells ringing for change in the party. Malala explained that he was not convinced that the ANC was talking renewal and leadership changes, saying the party's momentum unfortunately included usage of State resources for its own enrichment a...

Investigative Journalist at Daily Maverick Pieter-Louis Myburgh revealed details about Ithuba Holdings, the operator of South Africa's national lottery, donating 100,000 face masks to the department of health and the South African Police Service being at the heart of an alleged money laundering scheme involving Department of Health contractor Digital Vibes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Pieter Louis Myburgh- Investigative journalist DailyMaverick; Scorpio See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Guest: Selby Makgotho, Special Tribunal spokesperso See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Special Investigating Unit, SIU has refuted reports of issuing an apology to former Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize over the Digital Vibes scandal. For clarity on the apology, Elvis Presslin spoke to Mr. Kaizer Kganyago, Spokesperson for the SIU

A state agency employee has been charged with corruption in connection with a multimillion-rand contract that was awarded to communications company Digital Vibes in 2018. Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) employee Lizeka Tonjeni was arrested on Tuesday morning and appeared in the Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court. She is accused of accepting a bribe of R160 000 from Digital Vibes to further the company's interests. It's alleged that the money was paid to her while she was the project manager of the contract awarded to Digital Vibes in 2018. MISA falls under the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) and at the time, Zweli Mkhize was the Cogta minister. One of the indirect owners of Digital Vibes, Tahera Mather, was his spokesperson. According to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), Mather and Naadhira Mitha were the true owners of Digital Vibes, even though the company was registered in the name of a petrol station manager in Stanger, KwaZulu-Natal. Digital Vibes has also been the subject of an investigation into a R150-million tender with the national Department of Health. The SIU found that the contract was irregular and unlawful and that Mkhize and his family benefitted from the tender. Tonjeni was granted R5 000 bail. The State did not oppose the accused's release on bail. It's unclear whether more people will be charged in the case.

Guest: Tshidi Madia | Senior politics journalist  at EWN See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sunday Times senior investigative reporter Sabelo Skiti was a guest on Eusebius on TimesLIVE, discussing parliament's ethics committee's decision to exonerate former health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on accusations of violating the parliamentary code of ethics. The committee found that, in essence, Mkhize did not breach the code because his son, who allegedly benefited from a Digital Vibes tender in the health ministry, is not a close family member, as per the definition of close family membership as specified in the code. His adult son, concluded the committee, is not a dependent of the minister and thus the code of ethics is not implicated. The committee also concluded that the former minister cannot be said to have benefited from malfeasance related to renovations at a property in his name since the paper trail does not indict him in his own name but that of some other Mkhize who was doing the transactions, and receiving invoices, related to the renovations. Skiti explained in this podcast episode the factual detail that undermines the ethics committee's counter-intuitive conclusions about Mkhize. When the paper trail, and chronology of events related to the R150 million communications tender scandal, is properly analysed, argues Skiti, it is irresistible to conclude wrongdoing on the part of the former minister. McKaiser and Skiti also discuss the unconvincing narrow interpretation of the code of ethics, agreeing that an exploration of the purpose of the legislation and the intention of the drafters, could easily have enabled the committee to hold the former minister accountable, knowing they are doing so lawfully. They end the podcast by discussing several serious negative implications for both Mkhize and parliament itself resulting from this flagrant disregard of the constitutional duty to provide effective oversight over cabinet. 

Sunday Times senior investigative reporter Sabelo Skiti was a guest on Eusebius on TimesLIVE, discussing parliament's ethics committee's decision to exonerate former health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on accusations of violating the parliamentary code of ethics. The committee found that, in essence, Mkhize did not breach the code because his son, who allegedly benefited from a Digital Vibes tender in the health ministry, is not a close family member, as per the definition of close family membership as specified in the code. His adult son, concluded the committee, is not a dependent of the minister and thus the code of ethics is not implicated. The committee also concluded that the former minister cannot be said to have benefited from malfeasance related to renovations at a property in his name since the paper trail does not indict him in his own name but that of some other Mkhize who was doing the transactions, and receiving invoices, related to the renovations. Skiti explained in this podcast episode the factual detail that undermines the ethics committee's counter-intuitive conclusions about Mkhize. When the paper trail, and chronology of events related to the R150 million communications tender scandal, is properly analysed, argues Skiti, it is irresistible to conclude wrongdoing on the part of the former minister. McKaiser and Skiti also discuss the unconvincing narrow interpretation of the code of ethics, agreeing that an exploration of the purpose of the legislation and the intention of the drafters, could easily have enabled the committee to hold the former minister accountable, knowing they are doing so lawfully. They end the podcast by discussing several serious negative implications for both Mkhize and parliament itself resulting from this flagrant disregard of the constitutional duty to provide effective oversight over cabinet. 

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Ivo Vegter joins the team this week as they have a candid conversation about Zuma, and the figureheads of fractionalisation within the ANC. Can coalitions topple the party? They also delve into the Digital Vibes scandal regarding Zweli Mkhize's absolution by the ethics committee, and how it just doesn't make sense. And who is behind the Amazon HQ development in Cape Town?

Ivo Vegter joins the team this week as they have a candid conversation about Zuma, and the figureheads of fractionalisation within the ANC. Can coalitions topple the party? They also delve into the Digital Vibes scandal regarding Zweli Mkhize's absolution by the ethics committee, and how it just doesn't make sense. And who is behind the Amazon HQ development in Cape Town? The Burning Platform

Guest: Award-winning Journalist Marianne Merten joins John to discuss former health minister Zweli Mkhize's exoneration from The Parliament's ethics committee code of ethical conduct and disclosure of members' interests relating to benefits allegedly derived from the health department's R150m contract with its former communications company Digital Vibes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has been granted an application to add more companies to its legal bid to recover money which was allegedly siphoned from government's tender with Digital Vibes. The SIU had argued before the Special Tribunal that it should be allowed to recover money from six companies which had allegedly received payments from the Digital Vibes contract, amounting to R150 million.  We spoke to SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago  

Parliament's joint committee on ethics and members' interests has cleared former Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize of contravening its Code of Ethics for allegedly benefitting from the irregular Digital Vibes tender. The Executive Ethics Committee found that Mkhize did not breach the ethics code by not disclosing the benefit he received from Digital Vibes. Elvis Presslins spoke to the DA's Deputy Chief Whip Siviwe Gwarube who brought the matter before parliament.

The Special Tribunal is today hearing the joinder application in the Digital Vibes cases. The respondents are opposing the application and have filed their Heads of Argument as per the outcomes of several case management meetings preceding the hearing of the joinder application. However, the SIU is said to have obtained evidence showing that the R150-million tender was awarded to Digital Vibes unlawfully,  and that the respondents "are all recipients of monies deriving from the impugned transactions" between the health department and Digital Vibes. Sakina Advovate Selby Makgotho Spokesperson of the  Special Tribunal..

Investigations into the irregular R150-million Digital Vibes contract have so far yielded little results as only R12-million has been repaid by those who benefitted illegally. According to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), approximately R22-million is contained in several bank accounts resulting from cash flows from the Digital Vibes Nedbank account. On Tuesday, SIU head advocate Andy Mothibi and his senior management presented their investigations into the procurement of Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) and other related matters to Parliament's finance watchdog Scopa. Mothibi told the committee that on 17 June 2021, the Special Tribunal granted the SIU an interim preservation order or interdict against Digital Vibes and 11 others for just over R22-million. "In terms of the interim order, the SIU had to file the review application on or before 29 July 2021. The SIU submitted and filed its review application to the Special Tribunal against Digital Vibes and 29 others to review and set aside the two contracts that were awarded by the national Department of Health (NDoH) to Digital Vibes in respect of the NHI media campaign and the Covid-19 media campaign, and to recover the full value (approximately R150-million) paid out under such unlawful and invalid contract," Mothibi said in his presentation. He said thus far, the SIU had received R12 179 429.90 from or on behalf of some of the respondents. Close associates The health department initially contracted Digital Vibes for the National Health Insurance (NHI) campaign in 2019. Former health minister Zweli Mkhize allegedly pressured officials to appoint the company owned by his close associates Tahera Mather and Naadhira Mitha. According to the SIU, Mkhize approved two budget applications for Digital Vibes for NHI communication amounting to R132-million. On 20 January 2020, an amount of R46 939 550 was approved 52 days after the Digital Vibes service-level agreement (SLA) was signed on 29 November 2019. On 16 June 2020, R85 502 500 was approved for NHI communication work (from 6 March 2020, Digital Vibes only delivered Covid-19 communication services). This amount was approved 199 days after Digital Vibes' SLA was signed on 29 November 2019. The SIU determined from the Tender Evaluation Committee (TEC) report, containing the combined scores of all the Bid Evaluation Committee (BEC) members, that one BEC member's score was altered for the second bidder from "3" to "2". This resulted in the overall score of the second bidder being 59.2%. If the score was not changed, the second bidder would have "qualified for functionality". "The end result was that the second bidder failed to meet the required 60% for functionality, disqualifying them from advancing through to the next stage of the tender process. Digital Vibes quoted R141-million, and the second bidder quoted R69-million. It should be noted that Digital Vibes was R72-million (104%) more expensive than the second bidder," Mothibi's presentation read.

News headlines: *Investigations into the irregular R150m Digital Vibes contract have so far yielded little results as only R12m has been repaid by those who benefitted illegally. *As many travel restrictions remain in place, president Cyril Ramaphosa has again slammed the ‘global north's' attitude towards southern African countries, saying that the calls he received after the bans were condescending and disrespectful. *Parliament will decide on Tuesday whether or not the Constitution should be amended to allow for land expropriation without compensation.

For tonight's Crime Time we are joined by investigative journalist and author, Pieter-Louis Myburgh who just won the 2021 Vodacom Journalist of the Year award in the Investigative category for his Daily Maverick Scorpio coverage of Digital Vibes for a behind the scenes scoop recap of the scandalios story behind the story of the corruption to trail former health minister Zweli Mkhize. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Pieter-Louis Myburgh | Author of ‘Gangster State' and Investigative Journalist at Daily Maverick See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul O'Sullivan of Forensics for Justice joins BizNews to discuss a number of pressing and interesting topics. The corruption buster penned a piece on SAA last week, which has been very well-received by BizNews community members. In the article, O'Sullivan writes how pleased he is to see his favourite airline back in the air once again and hopes that all “South Africans will be proud that it has been possible to bring it back and that they will support it as they did in the past.” Together with Alec Hogg, he discusses this and other subjects, including Digital Vibes and Gupta 'fixer', Kuben Moodley.

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Nadya Swart is joined by Steven Nathan with investment insights; UK red list effects on tourism with Paul Gardiner; Paul O'sullivan on the Digital Vibes scandal, SAA and the Gupta fixer; Aeon's Asief Mohamed on Sasol and the BizNews Team.

In this week's episode of Sunday Times Politics Weekly we discuss the main party election manifestos- who are the three main parties targeting, what are they promising and what is the likely impact on voter participation levels? Also this week, we take a closer look at the SIU's report on the Digital Vibes scandal and the criticism of the president's handling of the situation along with the valid question - in a country that is supposed to be on a crusade against corruption, how is it no one has been convicted yet? Our host is Mike Siluma, deputy editor of the Sunday Times along with our guests Amanda Khoza, ST politics writer focusing on the presidency, and William Gumede, associate professor at the Wits School of Governance.

In this week's episode of Sunday Times Politics Weekly we discuss the main party election manifestos- who are the three main parties targeting, what are they promising and what is the likely impact on voter participation levels? Also this week, we take a closer look at the SIU's report on the Digital Vibes scandal and the criticism of the president's handling of the situation along with the valid question - in a country that is supposed to be on a crusade against corruption, how is it no one has been convicted yet? Our host is Mike Siluma, deputy editor of the Sunday Times along with our guests Amanda Khoza, ST politics writer focusing on the presidency, and William Gumede, associate professor at the Wits School of Governance.

In this week's episode of Sunday Times Politics Weekly we discuss the main party election manifestos- who are the three main parties targeting, what are they promising and what is the likely impact on voter participation levels? Also this week, we take a closer look at the SIU's report on the Digital Vibes scandal and the criticism of the president's handling of the situation along with the valid question - in a country that is supposed to be on a crusade against corruption, how is it no one has been convicted yet? Our host is Mike Siluma, deputy editor of the Sunday Times along with our guests Amanda Khoza, ST politics writer focusing on the presidency, and William Gumede, associate professor at the Wits School of Governance.

Today's Daily Friend Show hosted by Nicholas Lorimer with Terence Corrigan and Sara Gon discusses the Presidential ambitions of Lindiwe Sisulu, the charge by the SAHC commission that the PAC had used hate speech, the Digital Vibes scandal and South Africa asking for money to fight climate change. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscribe on Spotify · Subscribe on Google Podcasts

Opposition parties have called on President Ramaphosa to pursue charges against officials accused in a damming report published by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU). The report dubbed the Digital Vibes report saw the National Department of Health (NDOH) fingered over the conclusion of 2 agreements totalling over 150 million with a company called Digital Vibes on its National Health Insurance and Coronavirus campaigns.  The company, which Radha Hariram owns, is alleged to have been a front for Ms Tahera Mather and her niece and appointed the two soon after receiving the tender. Around R300 thousand was subsequently paid to former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize's son Dedani. A second-hand car was also purchased for him.  Significantly, Dr Mkhize requested the appointment of Tahera by NDOH's now suspended Director-General Dr Sandile Buthelezi. Speaking to Radio Islam International, political analyst, Dr Ntsikelelo Breakfast noted that the political calculations that occurred in the report's release, “though on the one hand, he [Ramaphosa] says his waging war on corruption, and on the other hand, he makes decisions based on his political survival.” Dr Breakfast also noted that the scandal has primarily already played itself out in the public opinion. The report is very damming and places Dr Mkhize in a significantly compromised position.

Guest: William Booth | Attorney and Director  at William Booth Criminal Attorneys On Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa finally sanctioned the release of the 114-page SUI report. The report found that the National Department of Health (NDoH) had paid a total amount of approximately R150 million in irregular expenditure to Digital Vibes. Criminal law expert, William Booth, talks about the legal ramifications those implicated in the report will likely face.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Cyril Ramaphosa defended the almost three-month delay in releasing a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report into the tendering scandal that led to the resignation of former health minister Zweli Mkhize. During a media conference in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening, he also pushed back against suggestions that he should take immediate action against those implicated in the Digital Vibes scandal, saying the process should be conducted fairly and people given an opportunity to answer accusations against them.

Guest: Babalo Ndenze | Parliamentary Correspondent at EWN See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Noord-Kaap Landbou beraam die skade van die verwoestende veldbrande, en vra om hulp. Ons bespreek die verdoemende Digital Vibes-verslag.

The Special Investigating Unit report into the Digital Vibes Covid-19 communication contract has revealed damning findings against a number of people including former health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize. President Cyril Ramaphosa authorised the publication of the final report n Wednesday. The company was awarded 150-million-rand to provide communication during the Covid19 pandemic last year. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC reporter Ntebo Mokobo, the Democratic Alliance shadow minister of health, Siviwe Gwarube and political analylist, Sanusha Naidu...

Reaksie op die bevindinge van die Digital Vibes-verslag. NUMSA gaan voort met sy planne om te staak. Die politieke party, Al Jama-ah, sê hy is gereed om in die metrogebiede te lei. Vier politieke partye in Tunisië vorm 'n koalisie om dié land se president uit die kussings te lig.

News headlines: *President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the release of the Special Investigating Unit report into the Digital Vibes corruption scandal that erupted in May this year. *The state capture inquiry has been granted a fifth extension, giving the team three months to complete three years' work. *Envoys from some of the world's richest nations met with South African cabinet ministers on Tuesday to discuss a climate deal that could see billions of dollars put toward ending the country's dependence on coal.

Guest: Babalo Ndenze, EWN Parliamentary Corespondent. Former Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize was dishonest when he claimed that the irregular R150 million Digital Vibes contract did not benefit his family wealth.  The corruption was revealed amongst the fraudulent actions made public by President Cyril Ramaphosa's authorisation of the publication of the final report of the Special Investigating Unit into the National Department of Health's award of a National Health Insurance media campaign and subsequent COVID-19 communications to Digital Vibes.    The decision was made in the interest of fairness and in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA), following a number of PAIA applications by persons and parties who wished to have sight of the report. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clement Manyathela speaks to Kaizer Kganyago, Spokesperson, Special Investigations Unit about the Digital Vibes report released by President Cyril Ramaphosa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  Experts talk on the SIU report, which revealed former health minister Zweli Mkhize's direct influence on the Department of Health's decision to award a R150-million contract to Digital Vibes. Andrew Woodburn, managing director at Amrop WoodburnMann on how the new law to force South African companies to report pay differences between executives and workers may affect skills at the workplace. Then Sheraan Amod CEO of the RecoMed is the Shapeshifter of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The President has finally released the SIU report to the public. The details are shocking but they offer a glimpse into the mediocrity of those who are destroying our country. Website: https://morningshot.co.za/ Merch: https://morningshot.co.za/store/ Coffee: https://morningshot.co.za/store/250g-Morning-Shot-Espresso-p390028965 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorningShotZA Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorningShot1 Sources: https://www.scribd.com/document/528274042/Presidential-Report-30-June-2021-Digital-Vibes-1#from_embed https://www.groundup.org.za/article/outspoken-south-african-anti-vaxxer-has-commercial-interest-alternative-medicine/

News headlines: *Department of Health Director-General Dr Sandile Buthelezi has been suspended over his alleged role in the department's Digital Vibes scandal. *The South African National Treasury's succession planning is sufficient to ensure the exit of key personnel doesn't disrupt plans to return public finances to a sustainable path, its top civil servant said. *Investments of about $280bn will be needed to cope with the effects of climate change in 35 cities in South Africa, Kenya and Ethiopia by 2050, new research shows.

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says officials of the Department of Health as well as former Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, flouted the law in awarding contracts to a company linked to Mkhize's associates. The SIU says it has recommended that the department take disciplinary action against officials implicated in the matter. SIU Head Andy Mothibi has told Scopa that the unit has also referred other cases to the NPA for prosecution. This relates to contracts awarded by the department to Digital Vibes to provide communication services to the department.

Guest: Pieter-Louis Myburgh | Author of ‘Gangster State' and Investigative Journalist at Daily Maverick For months, the Daily Maverick's Scorpio lead by investigative journalist, Pieter-Louis Myburgh, has been investigating digital marketing company Digital Vibe's allegedly corrupt contract with the Department of Health. It was awarded a R150 million deal by the department to provide communications services with regards to the National Health Insurance and Covid-19. The company is owned by a close associate of the Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize, who is on special leave pending investigations, notably into the awarding of the contract. Writing in the Daily Maverick today, Myburgh says Scorpio has found that R1 million was siphoned off from the deal to help establish a new hair salon and an upmarket nail franchise owned by the minister's son and daughter-in-law. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nickolaus speaks to the DA's Siviwe Gwarube and political analyst, Ralph Matshekga, on the SIU report into the Digital Vibes corruption saga.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Advocate Selby Makgotho, Special Tribunal spokesperson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The DA is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to make public the Special Investigating Unit report of the Digital Vibes corruption scandal.

Guest: Pieter-Louis Myburgh | Author of ‘Gangster State' and Investigative Journalist at Daily Maverick An investigation by the Daily Maverick Scorpio team has so far revealed that both health minister Zweli Mkhize, who is currently on special leave, and his family benefited financially from monies disbursed by Digital Vibes.   Investigative journalist, Pieter-Louis Myburgh, says new filings from the Special Investigating Unit concerning its contract with the Department of Health illustrate how the tender process was allegedly ‘rigged' to favour the communications firm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Presidency says it is studying the final report, following an SIU probe into the R150 million communications contract between the Health Department and KZN-based service provider, Digital Vibes.

Guest: Kaizer Kganyago | Spokesperson at Special Investigating Unit  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Opposisiepartye sê daar is geen rede hoekom die gesondheidsminister nie voor hulle kan verskyn om vrae te beantwoord oor die Digital Vibes-tender nie. Talle skole is weer gesluit as gevolg van Covid-19-gevalle onder onderwysers en leerders - watter impak het dit op die onderrig? Ons draai in die buiteland en volg berigte op dat gevegte in Mianmar uitgebreek het tussen die weermag en rebellegroepe. Medelye stroom in ná die dood van die voormalige Zambiese president Kenneth Kaunda. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Pieter-Louis Myburgh | Author of ‘Gangster State' and Investigative Journalist at Daily Maverick See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Adriaan  Basson | editor-in-chief. at News24 News24 editor, Adriaan Basson, asks in his column today why the botching the country's vaccine rollout is a lesser "crime" by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, than allegedly making money from a communications tender? The minister was placed on special leave last week pending the outcome of an investigation into his alleged role in the awarding of an R150m communications contract to Digital Vibes, a company headed by two of his aides. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Michael Bagraim | Parliamentary Labour Spokesperson for the DA President Cyril Ramaphosa placed Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on special leave on Tuesday so he can attend to allegations levelled against him in the Digital Vibes debacle. The Presidency said Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane will serve as acting Minister of Health until further notice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

News agency Bloomberg quotes two reliable sources that SA's health minister Zweli Mkhize has been given three options by his boss: resign; step aside while the corruption probe continues; or be fired in the next reshuffle. In this podcast, political commentator and Medical Brief editor William Sanderson-Meyer provides background to the R150m scandal and suggestions on what is likely to happen next.

News agency Bloomberg quotes two reliable sources that SA's health minister Zweli Mkhize has been given three options by his boss: resign; step aside while the corruption probe continues; or be fired in the next reshuffle. In this podcast, political commentator and Medical Brief editor William Sanderson-Meyer provides background to the R150m scandal and suggestions on what is likely to happen next.

As alles volgens plan verloop, sal onderwysers van Woensdag af ingeënt word teen Covid-19. Huldeblyke stroom in ná die dood van die legendariese aktrise, Shaleen Surtie-Richards. Zweli Mkhize het glo die ANC se Integriteitskommissie genader oor die Digital Vibes-korrupsieskandaal. Ons vra wat ons volgende kan verwag in die saak. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Babalo Ndenze | Parliamentary Correspondent at EWN  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dr Cathy Powell | Associate Professor in Public Law  at University of Cape Town  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Political analyst Dr Oscar van Heerden says President Cyril Ramaphosa may be disappointed with Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize regarding the Digital Vibes scandal. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is investigating allegations involving two of Mkhize's close associates and a R150 million, irregular contract between Digital Vibes and the Health Department which was money meant for the Covid-19 communication relief

Guest: Siviwe Gwarube | DA spokesperson   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Further investigations into the Department of Health's irregular Digital Vibes contract have revealed that minister Zweli Mkhize's son scored a Land Cruiser bakkie from the Digital Vibes. Previous investigations found that the minister's son also had money paid to his company, while the maintenance work on the minister's house was also paid for by the group. Digital Vibes is owned by Mkhize's long-serving personal spokesperson Tahera Mather and former personal assistant Naadira Mitha. For more on this we are joined on the line by Political Analyst- Sanusha Naidu... We reached out to Tareha Mather of Digital Vibes and offered her an interview to chat to us about the allegations levelled against her company- She says she is not feeling well and will not be able to do the interview.

On this episode of #TheDojo we kick off the Pod pondering how covid-19 has affected the sex industry. We get straight into the shits looking at all the various implications emanating from DJ Dimplez opening a rape case against a woman who is allegedly pregnant with his child. We then move on to discuss domestic workers and the boundaries that are acceptable around their work in relation to the proximity of their work to our personal spaces and lives. We discuss the notions surrounding the word "Chipi" and the dynamics of colourism involved to how it has affected preferences and the expressions thereof. We close out the Pod lamenting at the corruption our country faces in light of the allegations health minister faces due to contracts awarded to digital vibes.

On this episode of #TheDojo we kick off the Pod pondering how covid-19 has affected the sex industry. We get straight into the shits looking at all the various implications emanating from DJ Dimplez opening a rape case against a woman who is allegedly pregnant with his child. We then move on to discuss domestic workers and the boundaries that are acceptable around their work in relation to the proximity of their work to our personal spaces and lives. We discuss the notions surrounding the word "Chipi" and the dynamics of colourism involved to how it has affected preferences and the expressions thereof. We close out the Pod lamenting at the corruption our country faces in light of the allegations health minister faces due to contracts awarded to digital vibes.

Guest: Chris Vick | Communications Consultant  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, Maui tackles John Cena, COVID-19, Taika Waititi, Digital Vibes, Zweli Mkhize, Elliot Page, Climate Change, Diddy, Zealandia, Kim Kardashian vs Baby Bar, Amy Cooper and a whole lot more! (*Instant Classic) —— *Please rate and review MAW — 5 Stars for cultural purposes, let's grow this Bunsen burner. You can also listen to MAW on Spotify, Google podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn or your favorite podcast app... MAW is literally everywhere! MAW is an XO thing, so show Love: xoroyalty.net —— One more thing... “Might As Well” is hosted and produced by mysterious South African comedian, Maui Maw. It's not for the politically correct. Thank you for Listening. P.S. COMEDY! ℗ 2021 XO LUXURY GOODS

Another week in South African politics that has been anything but quiet. This week, key politicians came under the spotlight with new allegations of corruption. One of those politicians is Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, who has spoken out at a briefing against the controversial multi-million rand communications tender awarded by his department to a company called Digital Vibes. Wayne Duvenage, CEO of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse, chats to Gareth about all this and more. Nando's · The Burning Platform

Another week in South African politics that has been anything but quiet. This week, key politicians came under the spotlight with new allegations of corruption. One of those politicians is Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, who has spoken out at a briefing against the controversial multi-million rand communications tender awarded by his department to a company called Digital Vibes. Wayne Duvenage, CEO of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse, chats to Gareth about all this and more. Nando's

Guest: Lawson Naidoo  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die Minister van Gesondheid, Zweli Mkhize, ontken dat hy persoonlik gebaat het by verdagte transaksies met die kommunikasiemaatskappy Digital Vibes. Die sweefklub van Harrismith in die Vrystaat gaan na 'n ander dorp verhuis ná gewelddadige onluste vroeër vandeesweek. Oudpresident Jacob Zuma en die wapenvervaardiger Thales verskyn in die hof in Pietermaritzburg op korrupsie-aanklagte.

Clement speaks to the DA's spokesperson on health, Siviwe Gwarube, as well as Corruption Watch and OUTA following the Health Minister's briefings on the Digital Vibes investigation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two close associates of Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and other third parties are allegedly at the centre of a questionable communications deal from the department of health.  Digital Vibes is an obscure firm controlled by his former personal spokesperson, Tahera Mather, and Naadhira Mitha, his former personal assistant. It received an R150 million for services linked to the department's National Health Insurance programme and government's fight against Covid-19. In February, the Special Investigating Unit confirmed that it was investigating Mather and Mitha on allegations of benefiting from Covid-19 contracts issued by the department.  We speak to Pieter-Louis Myburgh who writes about the scandal in today's Daily Maverick. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Chris Vick | Communications Consultant  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Special Investigating Unit has launched as investigation into a tender which the national Department of Health awarded to a small company that is allegedly linked to close associates of Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. The department appointed Digital Vibes, a small KwaZulu-Natal- based communications company, in late 2019 through a contentious closed tender to provide communications services for the government's National Health Insurance (NHI) roll-out. The scope of work was extended in March 2020 to include communications services for Covid-19. To date, the firm obtained orders from the department for Covid-19 projects valued at more than R82-million. We spoke to investigative Journalist at the Daily Maverick, Pieter-Louis Myburgh, who broke the story.

This episode of *MIAMI NICE* hosts Katie Walsh and Blake Howard joins film critic, and friend of all the shows on One Heat Minute Productions - *Brendan Hodges* to talk about unapologetic love stories, characters literally checking out of the plot and ISO turned ALL THE WAY UP in *MIAMI VICE.* *About Brendan:* ---------------- Film Critic on sabbatical, bylines at Roger Ebert dot com - @ebertvoices ( https://twitter.com/ebertvoices ) , and The Metaplex ( http://TheMetaplex.com ). Lover of the B movie and prone to ramble about aspect ratios at parties. *Twitter:* @metaplexmovies ( https://twitter.com/metaplexmovies ) *Outlets:* *The Metaplex* ( http://TheMetaplex.com ) *, Vague Visages, Roger Ebert Dot Com* *Movement and Melancholy in Michael Mann’s Miami Vice* ( https://vaguevisages.com/2020/04/10/movement-and-melancholy-in-michael-manns-miami-vice/ ) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy