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Mahlangu and Hlongwa to remain members of ANC Gauteng PEC

Article Tshidi Madia - 30 Oct 2018

Embattled ANC Gauteng leaders Qedani Mahlangu and Brian Hlongwa are to remain members of the party's PEC, the ANC in the province said

ANC eyes youth and minority voters

Article Dineo Bendile - 10 Aug 2018

The party is turning to new voters to reverse a decline in its support ahead of the 2019 general elections

‘Do the right thing’

Article Dineo Bendile - 3 Aug 2018

The ANC’s Gauteng secretary says ‘revolutionary morality’ demands that the controversial leaders must put people first

How many doctors and nurses will lose their licenses over #LifeEsidimeni?

Article Nelisiwe Msomi - 2 Aug 2018

The nation's nursing body says one official has been hauled before it.

Makhura’s problem: His provincial committee

Article Dineo Bendile - 27 Jul 2018

Makhura reportedly supported a group that backed former Johannesburg mayor Parks Tau as his deputy

READ: #LifeEsidimeni families shocked and outraged at the re-election of Mahlangu

Article Bhekisisa Team Author - 24 Jul 2018

Former Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu is implicated in deadly mismanagement but still survives to be elected into the Provincial Executive Committee.

Mahlangu, Hlongwa elected to top Gauteng ANC body

Article Laura López González & Bhekisisa Team - 23 Jul 2018

The pair continues to survive politically despite being implicated in deadly mismanagement and graft during their tenures as Gauteng health MECs.

A very sick health dept

Article Editorial - 22 Jun 2018

'Cue the now all-too-familiar pattern of patronage — houses, overseas trips, spa treatments'

#LifeEsidimeni: In six weeks we’ll know if Qedani Mahlangu will be prosecuted

Article Mia Malan - 23 Mar 2018

After being awarded damages, distraught families want more: the former Gauteng Health MEC must face criminal charges.

No closure for Life Esidimeni without accountability says Maimane

Article Alex Mitchley - 21 Mar 2018

The DA leader says the Gauteng Premier David Makhura, among others, should face consequences

Paper review: What’s making the headlines in today’s papers?

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Mar 2018

Stay up to date with what made the leads in some of the country's daily's

#LifeEsidimeni: What will the Gauteng government be forced to pay?

Article Mia Malan, Adri Kotze, Nelisiwe Msomi & Bhekisisa Team - 18 Mar 2018

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.

#LifeEsidimeni: Qedani Mahlangu’s ego and the death of 143 patients

Article Adri Kotze, Laura López González & Mia Malan - 26 Jan 2018

The former Health MEC claims her subordinates withheld information from her. But she’s being accused  of misleading the legislature.

#LifeEsidimeni: What Qedani Mahlangu’s testimony may mean for David Makhura

Article Laura López González - 23 Jan 2018

Accusations fly as the embattled former health MEC finally testifies at the ongoing arbitration hearings.

LIVESTREAM: Qedani Mahlangu at the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Jan 2018

Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu makes her highly-anticipated appearance at the Life Esidimeni Arbitration hearings.

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