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Digital Vibes: Health department officials who jumped ship not off the hook

View Online Good Morning, SA President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved the country to adjusted Level 1 lockdown. Former health department chief financial officer Ian van der Merwe will not be escaping accountability for his role in the Digital Vibes scandal. And more developments in the live investigation into water polo coach David Mackenzie. SHELDON MORAIS, ASSISTANT EDITOR: BREAKING NEWS St Andrew's council to conduct review of school's actions following complaints against ex-water polo coach In the news: The council of St Andrew's College (SAC) says "once all relevant information has been released", it will conduct a "full review of the school's actions" in relation to complaints over the behaviour of former water polo coach David Mackenzie. The background: The trainer is accused of behaving inappropriately with pupils who were under his care.   The details: In the last three weeks, the My Only Story podcast has revealed Mackenzie allegedly had inappropriate social interactions with pupils at the school, including signing two boys out of the sanatorium against school policy in June 2018. Read the full story Digital Vibes: Health department officials who jumped ship not off the hook The story: The erstwhile national health department CFO, Ian van der Merwe, will not escape accountability even though he jumped ship before a forensic report on the controversial Digital Vibes tender named him as an implicated official.   What we know: The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) obtained evidence Van der Merwe had contravened provisions of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA).   What he did: SIU investigators found he allowed the department to make payments to Digital Vibes that were contrary to the National Treasury approved amount of R25.9 million. 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