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Esidimeni final arguments: Putting a price on pain and suffering
The Esidimeni tragedy families will have to wait a month before they know the outcome of arbitration hearings. Polity reports that on Friday 9...
Will anyone take the blame and pay the price for Esidimeni?
John Kane-Berman, a policy fellow at the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), writes on the Politicsweb site: “Every time there is a fatality in...
Esidimeni: Gauteng premier had ordered that cost cuts should not affect core services
As the Life Esidimeni hearings wrap up, retired Justice Dikgang Moseneke‚ said he was still 'struggling' to work out the reasons for the tragedy....
Esidimeni: Ignorance, half-truths and deception remain the norm
The Life Esidimeni arbitration hearing was delayed for weeks to hear Gauteng’s former health MEC testify. But, says a Daily Maverick report, under cross-examination,...
Esidimeni: Manamela lambasted for performance on the stand
Gauteng’s suspended director of mental health, Dr Makgabo Manamela,was described in her four days on the stand by advocates as being "evasive"‚ "defensive"‚ "deflective"...
Esidimeni: Former Gauteng Health director continues to dodge hearings
Former director of mental health services in Gauteng, Dr Makgabo Manamela, has delayed proceedings at the Esidimeni arbitration hearings after calling in ill. A...
Award for reporting on Esidimeni deaths
Health-e News reports that its former TV journalist, Kyla Herrmannsen, was part of a team that won the TV feature award at the 2017...
Esidimeni hearing – horror stories of incompetence, ignorance and greed
The alternative dispute resolution process relating to the deaths of mentally ill patients in the Life Esidimeni scandal, led by retired Deputy Chief Justice...
Esidimeni officials receive over R1m while suspended on full pay
Two senior officials implicated in the transfers that led to the deaths of more than 100 Esidimeni patients have received R1.169m while suspended on...
Motsoaledi updates Parliament on Esidimeni tragedy
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has closed down 14 of the 27 NGOs in which over 100 Life Esidemeni psychiatric patients died and has...