Extracts from Life Esidimeni: Portraits of Lives Lost
Section27, representing 44 of the bereaved families, has called for those responsible to be charged with culpable homicide
We are a nation of inquests, commissions and ad hoc committees. Not action.
Dr Thembi Mokgethi appointed as new health MEC as premier seeks to stop Covid-19 malfeasance
Embattled ANC Gauteng leaders Qedani Mahlangu and Brian Hlongwa are to remain members of the party’s PEC, the ANC in the province said
The party is turning to new voters to reverse a decline in its support ahead of the 2019 general elections
The ANC’s Gauteng secretary says ‘revolutionary morality’ demands that the controversial leaders must put people first
The nation’s nursing body says one official has been hauled before it.
Makhura reportedly supported a group that backed former Johannesburg mayor Parks Tau as his deputy
Former Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu is implicated in deadly mismanagement but still survives to be elected into the Provincial Executive Committee.
The pair continues to survive politically despite being implicated in deadly mismanagement and graft during their tenures as Gauteng health MECs.
‘Cue the now all-too-familiar pattern of patronage — houses, overseas trips, spa treatments’
After being awarded damages, distraught families want more: the former Gauteng Health MEC must face criminal charges.
The DA leader says the Gauteng Premier David Makhura, among others, should face consequences
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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.
The former Health MEC claims her subordinates withheld information from her. But she’s being accused
of misleading the legislature.
Accusations fly as the embattled former health MEC finally testifies at the ongoing arbitration hearings.
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."
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.
The sister of a Life Esidimeni patient suffered a second blow when her niece died after collapsing on the day the hearings started.
The hearings, which are expected to take about three weeks, would allow the families of the deceased, the opportunity to seek clarity and justice.
Education, health and social development will take up the bulk of Gauteng’s R108.6-billion budget for the 2017-2018 financial year.
The party is expected to give its youth league leaders in the province a chance to explain their stance on the tragedy at the healthcare facility.
A decision by the Gauteng department of health has left at least 36 dead but has the scandal lifted the lid on the horrors of mental healthcare?
A former minister has egg on her face after the Supreme Court of Appeal ordered her to reinstate the members of the Gauteng Gambling Board she fired.
There is a lesson to be learnt from the Supreme Court of Appeal’s judgment against Gauteng’s former MEC of economic development, Qedani Mahlangu.
Provincial Minister Qedani Mahlangu says shebeens must also comply with the new Gauteng Liquor Act and will have three months to apply for a licence.
Gauteng’s Qedani Mahlangu said the backlog on liquor licence applications has almost been cleared and new application dates will be announced soon.
It is seeking relief from the public protector after an unpopular order to move to new premises.
Staff question the reasons for a second office move in less than two years and stay put.