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20 Mar 2018 · 01:19 Community
Gauteng Premier to honour Life Esidimeni victims

Pretoria - Gauteng Premier David Makhura says the provincial government will honour the memory of the lives lost in the Life Esidimeni mental health care project.

by Staff Writer
16 Jan 2018 · 18:43 Community
Gauteng Health Dept head Dr Barney Selebano resigns

JOHANNESBURG - Dr Barney Selebano, who approved the transfer of Life Esidimeni patients to unregistered NGOs where over 140 of them died, has resigned as head of Gauteng's…

by Staff Writer
5 Dec 2017 · 18:07 Community
MEC Mahlangu, Pressure to move patients.

Johannesburg - Suspended Gauteng health head of the department Dr Barney Selebano revealed that the pressure to move patients to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) came from former Gauteng Health…

by Staff Writer
4 Dec 2017 · 13:30 Community
59 still missing, asks DA #LifeEsidimeni

Johannesburg - Jack Bloom, the Democratic Alliance (DA) member of the provincial legislature on health, on Monday demanded to know the whereabouts of the more than 50 mentally…

by Staff Writer