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WATCH | Former Gauteng health MEC appears before Life Esidimeni inquest

Former Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu is on Monday expected to continue with her testimony before the Life Esidimeni inquest into the deaths of more than 140 mental health patients.

JANUARY 24, 2018. Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu appears before the Esidimeni arbitration hearings probing the deaths of at least 143 mentally ill patients.The scandal happened under Mahlangu’s watch when the patients were moved into unlicensed and ill-equipped NGOs.Mahlangu has only recently returned to South Africa from London‚ where she is studying. PHOTOGRAPH: ALON SKUY
JANUARY 24, 2018. Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu appears before the Esidimeni arbitration hearings probing the deaths of at least 143 mentally ill patients.The scandal happened under Mahlangu’s watch when the patients were moved into unlicensed and ill-equipped NGOs.Mahlangu has only recently returned to South Africa from London‚ where she is studying. PHOTOGRAPH: ALON SKUY (Alon Skuy)

Former Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu is on Monday expected to continue with her testimony before the Life Esidimeni inquest into the deaths of more than 140 mental health patients.

The patients were moved from Esidimeni facilities to ill-equipped NGOs.

Mahlangu told the inquiry last week the decision to terminate the Life Esidimeni contract was taken jointly with the provincial leadership.

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