South Africa Says Three Senior Health Officials Have Been Arrested

Three South African government officials, including Health Department Director-General Sandile Buthelezi, were arrested and charged with fraud and theft of money allocated to the country by the Global Fund, one of the world’s largest infectious-disease charities.

Buthelezi was arrested along with an acting deputy director-general at the department and its chief financial officer, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation and the National Prosecuting Authority said. They were granted bail of 10,000 rand ($620) each after appearing in Pretoria’s Specialized Commercial Crimes Court and will return on June 3.