Digital Vibes cash used to open hair salon and nail franchise — report

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Health minister Zweli Mkhize’s son and daughter-in-law allegedly benefitted from the health department’s Digital Vibes contract when more than R1m was used to open a hair salon and an upmarket nails franchise.

TimesLIVE reported his denial came after an earlier report stated Mkhize and his son had been referred to the National Prosecuting Authority to consider charging them for corruption over “suspicious” payments received from Digital Vibes.

The information was contained in court papers the SIU filed at the Special Tribunal, where it is trying to recover R150m t allegedly unlawfully paid by the health department to Digital Vibes, a company owned by Mkhize’s close associate Tahera Mather.reported that SIU lead investigator Rajendra Chunilall alleged in an affidavit that evidence pointed to Mkhize and Dedani having contravened the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act.

The affidavit contained allegations that the registered owner of Digital Vibes, Radha Hariram, helped facilitate cash collections in plastic bags and cardboard boxes for Dedani from the petrol station she ran.Zweli Mkhize denied the allegations against him before he was placed on leave, and has maintained his silence.

 

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millions of people go to bed hungry in SA while these vultures are doling out taxpayer's money to their kids to opens salons.

Par for the course in SA…

This how the roll now, expecting to find politicians directly involved is the thing of the past. Now they put their families, relatives mostly, friends, even colleagues and comrades

Maybe we should call it family vibe. HealthZA became DrZweliMkhize 's family vibe & CyrilRamaphosa is saying nothing about it. MYANC is abusing us!

Haibo in this pandemic like really

Sell everything

Yi Film

Why is it taking so long to fire hm- or probably th looming cabinet reshuffle will shuffle hm around. There shld b no sacred cows when it comes to corruption. Maphosa sikubhekile.

just vibes

The ANC is rotten

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