Gauteng PPE looting probe leads to suspension of health department head | Citypress

Professor Mkhululi Lukhele, the head of department for Gauteng health, has been placed on precautionary suspension after allegedly being implicated in wrongdoing by the Special Investigating Unit .

In a statement, the premier said he was acting on the recommendations of the SIU following an update report presented to him on September 22.“The SIU found that the HOD failed to exercise his responsibility in the awarding of contracts to certain companies for the procurement of goods and services in relation to government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The actions, or omission by the HOD, may have resulted in the department incurring fruitless and wasteful expenditure.

City Press reported on Sunday about documents from the SIU Special Tribunal which reveal that Lehloenya altered the prices from a quotation submitted by Thandisizwe Diko, the husband to presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko. The SIU estimated that Ledla Structural Development, the company that Diko had used, was overpaid by nearly R30 million, and wants Lehloenya and Lukhele to be held responsible for the loss.

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