[TOP STORY] Leaked letter sparks alarm: Eastern Cape Health Department calls it fake

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‘I spoke to Mr Tshaka, myself personally. I'm his immediate supervisor. He disowned the letter; he disassociated himself from the contents of that letter,’ says Dr Mthandeki Xamlashe, Deputy Director General for Clinical Services in the Eastern Cape Health Department
22 Jan 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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