The DA leader says the Gauteng Premier David Makhura, among others, should face consequences
Section 27, which represented 63 families, described Zille’s comments as regrettable, saying her question was answered at length through testimonies
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Catch every moment as Life Esidimeni families are told how much money they will get for the loss of their loved ones.
The arbitration ruling specifies that both Constitutional and general damages have to be paid.
The families of the nearly 150 mental health patients who died in the Life Esidimeni tragedy will know today how much they will be compensated.
Both Life Esidimeni and Listeriosis exposed leadership cracks in our public health system. Are political leaders held accountable for their actions?
The DA’s Jack Bloom said that if Gauteng Premier David Makhura were to truly hold himself accountable, he would resign.
Those who oversaw the removal of mental health patients could face the full wrath of the law as could those standing by as KZN’s cancer care fails.
‘Families should be compensated for trauma, but not for what the deceased went through’, says state advocate.
Catch up on Zuma and why he won’t go, the struggle to get water in Cape Town, a comment on why Viceroy may have come up short on Capitec, and more.
Gauteng Premier David Makhura claims he didn’t know #LifeEsidimeni patients would be transferred to the care of NGOs. Perhaps he just didn’t listen.
A judgement highlights the Gauteng social development department’s illicit doings
Qedani Mahlangu’s department paid almost R60-million to the law firm that would later represent her in the run-up to arbitration.
Did the former MEC move from playing the blame game to playing the victim?
The former Health MEC claims her subordinates withheld information from her. But she’s being accused
of misleading the legislature.
Mahlangu didn’t know many of the details of the doomed mental health project but says she deserves the credit for instituting the ombud investigation.
Accusations fly as the embattled former health MEC finally testifies at the ongoing arbitration hearings.
The former Gauteng Health MEC is expected to take the stand on Monday when she will finally face irate families who are tired of waiting for answers.
Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu makes her highly-anticipated appearance at the Life Esidimeni Arbitration hearings.
"She should acknowledge her personal and direct responsibility for this terrible tragedy rather than blaming officials as scapegoats."
Manamela, during the Life Esidimeni arbitration, conceded she had made an error when she issued a licence to Kalafong House to accommodate patients
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In a statement, league president Snuki Zikalala said the ANC’s elective conference "grabbed the nation’s attention and anxiety".
Unless care of the intellectually disabled changes there will be a never-ending series of tragedies
Makgabo Manamela is one of three officials implicated by the health ombud in the tragedy. Here’s a snapshot of her testimony during arbitration.
Corruption, poverty and the pursuit of profit are all detrimental to early childhood development
If Life Esidimeni had not closed down, Itumeleng Mohube has said that he would not have lost his brother who was last seen somewhere in Pretoria.
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Suspended head of Gauteng health Barney Selebano’s court bid to avoid testifying at the ongoing arbitration could keep him off the stand for months.
As the hearings continue this week, Laura Lopez Gonzalez speaks to Nelisiwe Msomi about the arbitration process.
A high court ruling finds links between a missing R5m for drug rehab and the neglected welfare of the province’s most vulnerable people
Laura Lopez Gonzalez speaks to Tim Modise about who might be held accountable for the tragedy.
The Gauteng ANC came out in defence of former health MEC after media reports alleged that she is not registered for a post-graduate course at the LSE.