EDITORIAL | As the wheel of justice grinds slowly for Esidimeni victims, we hope it grinds fine
If the former health MEC had paused and taken stock of the situation and the impact of the move, she would have saved lives
14 May 2023 - 20:04
It has been seven years since the Gauteng public health system neglected and starved mental health patients from Life Esidimeni in a rushed move to unscrupulous centres. For the past week, then MEC of health Qedani Mahlangu has been grilled at a high court inquest into criminal liability related to the deaths of 144 psychiatric patients...
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