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Former MEC claims she was unaware of risks of Life Esidimeni transfers
Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu told the Life Esidimeni inquest that she was not told by department officials about the risks of transferring...
Life Esidimeni inquest: MEC dodges blame for ending contracts
Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu told the Life Esidimeni inquest she was not solely responsible for the decision to move mental health patients...
State still paying ex-MEC’s legal fees in Life Esidimeni case
Despite the 2017 resignation of former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu, the state is continuing to pay her legal fees in the Life Esidimeni...
Life Esidimeni inquest postponed as MEC’s lawyers unpaid
The inquest into the Life Esidimeni deaths has been postponed to May because the State Attorney has failed to pay the lawyers of former...
Mental health still last in line seven years after Life Esidimeni
The 2016 Life Esidimeni tragedy was a watershed moment for mental healthcare – and should have been a wake-up call. Why it wasn’t is...
Life Esidimeni victims, families, paid R405m
More than R400m has been paid to victims of the 2016 Life Esidimeni tragedy, when 144 people died after 1 500 mental health patients...
SIU recovers funds from Life Esidimeni facilities
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has recovered money from five NGOs that unduly benefited from Life Esidimeni patients’ Sassa grants six years ago, all of...
Life Esidimeni: former Gauteng mental health boss denies concealing information
The former director of Gauteng’s Mental Health Services, Dr Makgabo Manamela, has denied a claim by former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu that she...
Life Esidimeni transfers not practical, but officials forced to comply, inquest hears
On her second day on the stand at the Life Esidimeni inquest, being heard virtually in the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) Dr Makgabo Manamela,...
Health managers point fingers at politicians in Life Esidimeni inquest
Former Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi wanted to shut down the NGOs where mental health patients were dying, the inquest into the deaths of...