South Africa's Health Minister Zweli Mkhize had looked to distancing himself from the growing scandal but has come under increasing pressure to step down. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement on his special leave on Tuesday. Mkhize is implicated in the issuing of a contract to communications company Digital Vibes worth R150 million. The Minister is also preparing himself to appear before the ANC's integrity committee. Mkhize was speaking in Kimberley in the Northern Cape, where he inspected vaccination sites in the city.

To look at the ongoing corruption scandals during Covid-19 Benjamin Moshatama speaks to Kaizer Kganyago, the Special Investigation Unit spokesperson, Mark Heywood, editor at Maverick Citizen and a social justice activist and David Lewis, executive director of Corruption Watch.