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BusinessTech reports that trade union Solidarity and civil society organisation AfriForum are preparing court papers against Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma over the government’s implementation plan for Covid-19 vaccines.
This comes after the minister failed to respond to a letter of demand issued to her by the two organisations on 13 January. According to Solidarity, the current implementation plan amounts to nationalising the distribution and administering of the vaccine. Connie Mulder, head of the Solidarity Research Institute, explained: “There is no clarity on the rollout of the government’s so-called vaccine plan at the moment. It is also not clear why Drs Dlamini-Zuma and (Zweli) Mkhize (health minister) have the power to refuse that anyone other than the state may procure vaccines. It is a shame that the ministers did not see fit to provide answers about the rollout of the vaccine. That is why we are now forced to take the case to court. In view of the mistrust in the government and their handling of the vaccine issue, exceptional transparency is now of utmost importance.” Government should still be involved in the process, but there was absolutely no reason why they must be the only institution involved in the process, Mulder asserted.
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