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Loss upon loss: Christine Nxumalo holds a picture of her and her late sister Virginia Machpelah and niece Shanice. (Mark Lewis)
FRIDAY

The heartbreaking journeys of Life Esidimeni families

Extracts from Life Esidimeni: Portraits of Lives Lost

  • Harriet Perlman
6 min read
Former head of the Gauteng department of health Barney Selebano (pictured) may lose his license to practise medicine after an inqury into his involvement in the Life Esidimeni deaths in September. (Joyrene Kramer, Section27)
BARNEY SELEBANO

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

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

  • Nelisiwe Msomi
4 min read
BARNEY SELEBANO

No closure for Life Esidimeni without accountability says Maimane

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

  • Alex Mitchley
3 min read
The former national director of mental health says his Gauteng counterpart Makgabo Manamela (pictured) blocked national health department attempts to intervene in the Life Esidimeni tragedy in 2016. (Andronica Nedzamba)
DAVID MAKHURA

Suspended Gauteng director of mental health resigns

Manamela, during the Life Esidimeni arbitration, conceded she had made an error when she issued a licence to Kalafong House to accommodate patients

  • Tammy Petersen
2 min read
(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
DIKGANG MOSENEKE

Esidimenis are going on all the time

Unless care of the intellectually disabled changes there will be a never-ending series of tragedies

  • Brian Watermeyer
8 min read