The board of directors at Liseko Investments has refuted claims of alleged links to pharmaceutical giant Aspen.
The Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF) Fana Mokoena has accused Helen Rees chairperson of the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) of holding off on giving the Russian and Chinese vaccines approval because of her husband, Fazel Randera’s, alleged investments in Aspen.
Helen Rees – chairperson at SAHPRA
Wife to Fazel RanderaFazel Randera – shareholder at Liseko Investments
Liseko is a partner at Aspen which produces J&J vaccineAsmal Dasoo – co director at Liseko
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— Fana L. Mokoena (@fanamokoena) June 25, 2021
The pharmaceutical entity currently has a deal with Johnson & Johnson to package its vaccines at its Gqeberha factory.
In a statement on the matter, the investment holding company said Randera holds no direct or indirect interest in the business or its operations.
Chairmen at Liseko investments Dr David Seeketa said Liseko sold its shares in 2015 prior to Rees’s appointment at Sahpra.
“Liseko pulled out of Aspen in 2015, and Dr Randera sold all his shares in Aspen in 2015. Long before Professor Rees became the chairperson of Sahpra. So, the allegations levelled against the company are all false, and we stand by that statement.”
-EWN
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