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News24 reports that former Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku's challenge of the Special Investigating Unit's (SIU’s) findings against him will be heard in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria in January 2021.
Masuku's lawyer - Mojalefa Motalane - said in a statement on Friday that the review application brought by his client would be heard by a full bench of judges. This comes after the preliminary SIU report placed Masuku at the centre of processes in the Gauteng health department that saw the husband of presidency spokesperson, Khusela Diko, receiving a R125 million tender to supply personal protective equipment (PPE). Premier David Makhura fired Masuku based on the SIU’s preliminary report, which found that "he failed to execute his function in compliance with Constitution and the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA)". Masuku and Diko were also expected to appear before the ANC Gauteng's disciplinary committee. Motalane, however, reported that his client had yet to receive a charge sheet from the ANC's provincial disciplinary committee more than 20 days after his temporary suspension was effected. Masuku was therefore considering his legal options to protect his membership rights in line with the expectations of the ANC constitution which required that a member be afforded the opportunity to comment on the charges before being placed on suspension.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Canny Maphanga at News24
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