Benny Malakoane
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Free State MECs off the hook after NPA withdraws corruption charges
The charges relate to alleged R2-billion tender fraud that has crippled the Matjhabeng Local Municipality
ANC denies removal of Free State health MEC has to do with fraud and #firebenny
Benny Malakoane ‘did an excellent job’ despite tales of fraud, dismissals and hospitals in crisis.
Health MEC’s deadly PR parade
As Benny Malakoane showed off progress in Free State, 317 patients were left in the dark over their cancer status.
Free State breaks the backbone of basic care for the destitute
The Mma Mokoenas of community health still dispense help despite having been dismissed.
System is in good health, insists MEC Malakoane
Free State Health MEC Benny Malakoane has accused the M&G of sensationalist reporting, but warned that his department will run out of money this year.
Community health workers back in court
Free State healthcare workers say they are being punished for having dared to defy health MEC Benny Malakoane publicly.
TAC brings charges of corruption against Malakoane
Health activist group TAC takes Benny Malakoane and others to court for allegedly giving a dying woman’s hospital bed to an ANC official.
Fifth postponement in MEC Malakoane’s corruption case
Activists have expressed frustration at the corruption trial of Free State MEC Benny Malakoane being postponed for the fifth time.
[From our achives] Former Free State health MEC: They call me a killer, I know I’m a saviour
In this 2014 interview, former Free State health MEC Benny Malakoane says that detractors are still alive is proof of the good work under his watch.
Road worrier: TAC activist ‘targeted’
The pressure group has accused the Free State’s health MEC of being behind the intimidation.
Layoffs prove to be a bitter pill to swallow
Ill residents may suffer most after the axing of Free State community health workers.
Free State’s Malakoane calls activists’ slogans insulting
The province’s health MEC has condemned the slogans marchers on the department have been chanting, calling them insulting and inappropriate.
Free State healthcare workers march for Malakoane’s head
In a TAC march, workers in the province’s crisis-hit health sector say they will hold a night vigil every Wednesday until demands are met.
Free State health under treasury care
A budget spending monitoring forum says the department is on the verge of collapse and is R700-million in debt.
Editorial: MEC’s sickening abuse of power
Acts such as Malakoane’s go beyond nepotism. They are simply the crudest and cruellest form of political arrogance and corruption.