Who's who in the zoo: Breakdown of SA's 9 health MECs - none of whom is a medical professionalFollowing the 29 May general elections, decisions about top health jobs in nine provinces have now all been made.As far as Spotlight has been able to establish, none of the nine is a qualified health professional.
In the two most populous provinces, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, ANC-appointed MECs have been retained in the health portfolios, despite the party getting fewer than 40% of the provincial vote. Below Spotlight provides a province-by-province breakdown of health MECs, with more in-depth coverage of some of the new MECs to follow later.Ntandokazi Capa has replaced Nomakhosazana Meth as health MEC in the province.
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