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As Minister of Health under President Cyril Ramaphosa, Mkhize played a central role in South Africa's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, he resigned in 2021 amid allegations that he and his family had benefitted improperly from a state contract awarded by the Department of Health to a communications company called Digital Vibes.
In the South African government, the minister of health is the member of the national Cabinet responsible for the Department of Health, and therefore for national health policy and the administration of public health. The position is of particular importance in South Africa because of the massive impact of the AIDS pandemic in the country.
The COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa was part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().. On 5 March 2020, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize had confirmed the spread of the virus to South Africa, with the first known patient being a male citizen who tested positive upon his return from Italy. [4]
Phaahla took office during the third wave of COVID-19 infections in South Africa, [4] and his first task was to oversee the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines to the public. [42] Less than a year later, on 22 June 2022, he gazetted a repeal of all remaining COVID-19-related regulations, including the mask mandate. [43]
Pakishe Aaron Motsoaledi (born 7 August 1958) is a South African politician is the Minister of Health in the cabinet of South Africa, having been appointed in this position with effect 3 July 2024. [1] He was previously the Minister of Home Affairs from 2019 to 2024 as well as the Minister of Health from 2009 to 2019.
Minister in the Presidency of South Africa's government, and parliamentarian for the African National Congress (ANC) Gauteng, Johannesburg [37] 22 January 2021: Marius van Heerden: M 46 Former SA 800 metres record holder and Olympian: Western Cape, Cape Town [38] 28 January 2021: Kenneth Mthiyane: M 76 Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeal of ...
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The third cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa, also known as the Government of National Unity (GNU), is the incumbent cabinet of the Government of South Africa.It was appointed on 30 June 2024 after Ramaphosa's African National Congress (ANC) lost its absolute majority in the May 2024 general election and formed a ten-member coalition government.