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Life Esidimeni families are staging a picket urging the the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to pursue criminal charges against the former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and the former Director of Mental Health in Gauteng, Dr. Makgabo Manamela for their roles in the Life Esidimeni tragedy. In 2016, 144 people with mental health problems died after they were moved from Life Esidimeni. In July, this year, Judge Mmonoa Teffo found that former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and mental health director Makgabo Manemela could be held criminally liable for the deaths of some of the 144 mental healthcare users. For more on this matter we're now joined on the line by the Candidate Attorney at SECTION27, Faatima Laher

Author Harriet Perlman shares her journey documenting the aftermath of the Life Esidimeni tragedy. Her book, Life Esidimeni: Portraits of Lives Lost, launches on October 17. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new book, Life Esidimeni - Portrait of Lost Lives, will be launched in Johannesburg TODAY. The book is a graphic and detailed work to preserve memory of the 144 people with mental illness who died from neglect and starvation while in the care of Gauteng's public health system in 2016. In the course of 4 years, the author Harriet Perlman and photographer, Mark Lewis, travelled to meet the families who lost loved ones in this horrific tragedy. Perlman says the book pays tribute to the people who had someone they loved cruelly taken from them and tells the story of those who fought back

On political Analysis we look at an interesting article written by Lisa Vetten, a gender violence specialist titled “What Life Esidimeni and Gauteng's late payment of NGOs have in common”. The way in which Gauteng's social development department has treated nonprofits' funding this year reminds, to some extent, of the provincial health department's conduct in the Life Esidimeni saga. Lisa Vetten writes why it's important that government's decision-makers be held accountable.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die DA in Gauteng sê hy het die volledige uitspraak van 196-bladsye oor die Life Esidimeni-ondersoek bestudeer en gaan druk uitoefen op die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag om ‘n wye reeks aanklagte binne ‘n kort tydraamwerk uit te reik. Woordvoerder Jack Bloom sê daar is ‘n reuse-hoeveelheid getuienis wat gebruik moet word om almal te vervolg wat uitgewys is - nie slegs die voormalige LUR vir Gesondheid, Qedani Mahlangu, en die eertydse direkteur van Geestesgesondheid, Makgabo Manamela, wat aanspreeklik bevind is vir die dood van nege pasiënte nie.

The Gauteng Cabinet is crumbling as the ANC, DA and EFF struggle to see eye-to-eye. Then, starting claims made by the former CEO of VBS Mutual Bank. But are these just the ramblings of man desperate for a lighter sentence? Why appointing a jaded former judge to the JSC has experts concerned. And some closure in the Life Esidimeni tragedy. But first, just days into his tenure as new Sports, Arts and Culture Minister, Patriotic Alliance leader, Gayton McKenzie ruffled a few feathers. Carte Blanche Website · Chat on X · Chat on Facebook

Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the continued deterioration of the ANC and EFF alliance in the Gauteng metros. They also discuss the inquest into the Life Esidimeni disaster and BEE in the healthcare industry. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscribe on Spotify · Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

Cyril Xaba is Ethekwini se nuwe burgemeester. Nog ontwrigtende reën tref die Wes-Kaap. Reaksie op die uitspraak van die Life Esidimeni geregtelike ondersoek.

Tryphosa Siweya | Clinical Psychologist & Mental Health Practitioner | 078 246 9561  Esidimeni Inquest Judgement Announcement This has been a long, heartbreaking and difficult process for everyone involved and especially the affected families. It is our hope that they may find solace and closure as they come to terms with the outcome. The Esidimeni tragedy and today's judgment should make us all reflect on how our healthcare stakeholders can work together to bring about systemic reform that prioritises the needs of the most vulnerable patients in our society. We would advocate for and support a review of how healthcare services for these vulnerable patients are provided, so that we embed best practice and the highest standards of patient care. To do this we should utilise the strengths and draw on the perspectives of the entire healthcare community, in particular the NPOs, healthcare professionals, public and private providers, vulnerable patients and their families, and civil society groups. From this tragedy must come a better system and a renewed commitment to place quality patient care at the centre of healthcare.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Democratic Alliance in Gauteng is calling for criminal charges against individuals found negligent in the Life Esidimeni patient deaths. The court found former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and Mental Health Head Dr. Makgabo Manamela responsible for the deaths of 144 mental healthcare patients who died in 2016. The DA says criminal charges against Qedani Mahlangu and all individuals implicated in the Life Esidimeni tragedy should be filed and a trial date expedited, to ensure that justice is served. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to Legal Expert, Mpumelelo Zikalala

Lester Kiewit speaks to Sasha Stevenson, the executive director of Section27 who have been representing some of the families of victims in the Life Esidimeni case. A court has now found that former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and the former head of the Mental Health Directorate, Makgabo Manamela are responsible for the deaths of at least nine of the 144 victims.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EWN reporter Nokukhanya Mntambo explains the judgement handed down in the Life Esideimeni case. Judge Mmonoa Teffo has, so far, found that the death of 9 #LifeEsidimeni victims was negligently caused by the conduct of former Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and the former Head of the Mental Health Directorate Makgabo Manamela.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The high court in Pretoria found that some of the Life Esidimeni deaths were negligently caused by former Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and former mental health director Dr Makgabo Manamela.  Judge Mmonoa Teffo, who headed the inquest, handed down judgment on Wednesday afternoon. The inquest was investigating who was responsible for the deaths of 144 patients in 2015 and 2016. 

The judgment in the Life Esidimeni Inquest will be handed down by the High Court in Pretoria today. This follows a tragic incident where more than 100 people with mental illness lost their lives in 2016. One-hundred and forty-four mental health care users were relocated from Life Esidimeni in 2015 and 2016 to ill-prepared non-governmental organisations. The judgment will be delivered virtually by Judge Mmonoa Teffo. Lerato Makola reports....

The highly anticipated judgment in the Life Esidimeni inquest is expected to be delivered today by Judge Mmonoa Teffo at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. The inquest aimed to hold accountable those responsible for the tragic deaths of 141 vulnerable mental health patients. The patients lost their lives after being transferred from Life Esidimeni facilities to under-equipped and ill-prepared Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in 2015 and 2016. Joining Elvis Presslin to provide their expectation for today's Judgment is Sasha Stevenson, Executive Director at SECTION27, a renowned advocacy group that has been closely following this case

He was the first black Deputy Vice-Chancellor of one of South Africa's English-language and metropolitan universities. He later joined the South African Medical Research Council, which he headed between 1999 and 2002, and was involved in developing South Africa's AIDS strategy and the South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative. More recently, he was the health ombudsman tasked with investigating the Life Esidimeni tragedy. And last year he released his tell-all book, titled Leadership for Transformation since the Dawn of South Africa's Democracy: An insider's view. He joins us this evening as our profile interview, Prof Malegapuru Makgoba.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The year 2023 saw the Life Esidimeni Inquest conclude its hearings into the deaths of 144 mental health patients, with the families of the deceased asking the High Court in Pretoria to find former Gauteng Health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu liable for the deaths of the loved ones.  The families blame Mahlangu for the controversial relocation from the Life Esidimeni facilities and its subsequent closure in June 2016. Most patients ended up in ill equipped and unlicensed NGO's across Gauteng. Phanuel Shuma reports.

Christine Nxumalo is a member of the Esidemeni Family Committee and a dedicated advocate for mental health and she joins John to discuss the recent conclusion of The Life Esidimeni inquest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Earlier today, legal  representatives for Life Esidimeni NGOs continued arguments in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. The investigation seeks to determine if anyone can be held criminally liable for the deaths of the 144 mentally ill patients during their relocation from Life Esidimeni facilities in June 2016. The legal representatives of the families of deceased patients say there's enough evidence to prosecute those responsible for their deaths. To give us an update on this matter is Sasha Stevenson, Executive director at SECTION27.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 Civil rights organisation Section 27 is calling for those who were involved in the Life Esidimeni tragedy in 2016 to be charged with culpable homicide. The inquest into the Life Esidimeni tragedy resumed in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria today. The inquest is looking into the deaths of 144 mental health patients after the Gauteng Department of Health terminated its contract with Life Esidimeni. Section 27 says those involved,  two Department of Health officials and the former owner of a non-government organisation (NGO), actively made decisions that led to the deaths. Presiding Judge Mmonoa Teffo is currently hearing oral arguments from all parties involved to determine the cause of the deaths. Here is Section 27 Advocate Adila Hassim speaking on the role of the then MEC for Health in Gauteng Qedani Mahlangu

The Western Cape is under siege as gang violence and organised crime takes hold. A damning report on last year's Parliament blaze confirms what we all kind of knew. Then, is this another Life Esidimeni on the cards? The horrendous state at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital's psychiatric ward. And the Train of Hope that's bringing healthcare to the masses.

 Former Gauteng Premier, David Makhura has told the Life Esidimeni Inquest that  he was furious when he learned of the deaths of the first 36 patients to die after being removed from the health department's care. Makhura earlier refuted allegations that the Premier's budget committee took a decision to terminate the Life Esidimeni contact, a move that resulted in the deaths of 144 mental health patients.  Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu earlier testified that the decision to terminate the contract was made by Makhura's budget committee. Makhura says he called Mahlunga into a meeting as soon as he heard the news of the initial deaths...

As the country faces another week of Stage 6 loadshedding, Daily Maverick's Ray Mahlaka tells us what the Minister of Electricity told him... Then, we look at the latest developments in the Life Esidimeni inquest, and Carte Blanche's Masa Kekana celebrates the inclusion of sign language as our twelfth official language. That and more in this week's WholeWeek Wrap.

Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu is continuing with her cross examination in the High Court in Pretoria. On Friday Mahlangu told the court that the decision to relocate over three thousand mental health patients from Life Esidimeni facilities was taken jointly with the provincial management and that she had to comply with it. In continuing her testimony this morning, Mhalngu denied allegations by suspended Gauteng health department head (HOD) Dr Barney Selebano that she called a meeting to discuss a 2015 litigation matter..

Ons kry reaksie op die minister van finansies se begrotigsrede, en André de Ruyter se voortydige uittrede by Eskom. Nog niemand is in verband met die Life Esidimeni-tragedie van 2016 in hegtenis geneem nie, en die saak sloer steeds. 'n Onlangse konferensie plaas waninligtingsveldtogte in Afrika onder die soeklig.

The Life Esidimeni Family Committee will today host a healing session in Johannesburg for all bereaved family members to support each other and remember their loved ones. Many of the families have not been able to meet during COVID, so this is the first gathering in years. The Life Esidimeni tragedy involved the deaths of 144 people at psychiatric facilities in  Gauteng from causes including starvation and neglect.The Pretoria High Court is currently holding an inquest probing criminal liability for the deaths of the mentally-ill patients following their removal from Life Esidemeni to ill equipped and unlicensed NGOs in 2016.  Christine Nxumalo is a member of the Esidimeni Bereaved Families Committee 

Die artikel-89 onafhanklike paneel kenners kan vandag hulle ondersoek voortsit na die Phala Phala-kwessie. Intussen ontken president Ramaphosa alle aantygings teen hom. Kruisverhoor in die Life Esidimeni-ondersoek duur voort. In Cop 27-nuus uit Egipte sê minister Barbara Creecy dat Afrika die ergste onder klimaatsverandering ly. Die George munisipaliteit in die Suid-Kaap kry 'n deurry-kantoor vir die hernuwing van lisensieskyfies.

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Maverick Citizen Editor and investigative journalist Mark Heywood say the delays in reopening Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital in Gauteng could have consequences more dire than the Life Esidimeni scandal. It has been almost a year since a fire gutted a portion of the hospital with damage estimated to be around R40 million. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Mark Heywood

Die derde staatkapingsverslag word bekendgestel. ‘n Vrou getuig oor haar broer se dood in die Life Esidimeni-tragedie. Rugby, sokker, atletiek en ander sportkodes skop Rusland uit alle kompetisies.

Ons het die jongste nuus uit Oekraïne, onder meer reaksie op voorvalle van beweerde rassisme teen vlugtelinge. Die minister van arbeid, Thulas Nxesi, stel wetgewing voor wat sekere werksgeleenthede slegs vir Suid-Afrikaners reserveer. Navorsing wys dat walvisse wêreldwyd maerder word en minder kalf, heel moontlik weens klimaatsverandering. Dis Menseregte-bewusmakingsmaan - ons praat met die suster van 'n slagoffer van die Life Esidimeni tragedie.

Druk op belanghebbendes van die Life Esidimeni-ondersoek om die verloop van die saak te bespoedig. Suid-Afrikaners se afhanklikheid van sosiale media, veral Whatsapp, word op die proef gestel tydens 'n 6 uur lange onderbreking. Action-SA wil die hof nader omdat sy volle naam nie op die stembriewe verskyn nie.

As the inquest into the deaths of 144 Life Esidimeni mentally-ill patients continues today, there have been reports of another tragedy at the Kairos Centre psychiatric facility in Cullinan, Gauteng. Five patients have reportedly died at the centre in less than two months. There have been claims that patients are being neglected and starved among other concerns. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Christian Jordaan whose' brother Shane, was found dead after he disappeared from the facility. 

Former managing director of the Life Esidimeni group, Dr Morgan Mkhatshwa is back on the stand at the inquest into the tragic deaths of 144 mental health patients. The inquest resumed this morning in the High Court in Pretoria following a four-week break. At least 144 patients died between March and December 2016 after they were moved by the Gauteng health government to various ill-equipped NGOs. Life Esidimeni charged the department at least 250-million-rand per annum for just over 2-thousand patients. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC reporter, Phumzile Mlangeni. 

The Marikana massacre and the Life Esidimeni scandal keep reminding us that justice is an easy word to use, but difficult to get. We talk to a few South Africans who won't give up. Hosted by: Tebadi Mmotla Guests: Suzen Phoshoko, Father Michael Lapsley and Nadira Omarjee Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 02:51 - Esidimeni 21:15 - Lapsley 37:26 - Omarjee

The inquest into the Life Esidimeni tragedy has once again stalled after proceedings were postponed to the 30th of August to allow legal parties more time to prepare. This is the second time that the inquest was postponed for consultations. The inquest is hearing witnesses testify about events in 2016 that led to the deaths of 144 Life Esidimeni patients when the Gauteng health department terminated its contract with the facility. The latest postponement has reminded many of the adage 'justice delayed is justice denied'.  For some reaction to the postponement, here is Life Esidimeni family committee member Christine Nxumalo...

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The formal inquest into the Life Esidimeni tragedy is underway at the High Court in Pretoria. Section 27 is representing 44 families who were directly affected by the tragedy. Bongani speaks to Umunyana Rugege, Executive Director of Section 27. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Guest: Christine Nxumalo The formal inquest into the deaths of at least 144 mentally ill patients in 2016 after they were moved from the Life Esidimeni facilities continued today. The Gauteng department of health transferred them to under-resourced NGOs after it terminated its contract with the primary healthcare provider. The High Court in Pretoria has heard how NGOs appointed by the department raised concerns that they were not properly equipped to look after them. Christine Nxumalo speaks on behalf of the families of the victims. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inwoners en vrywilligers doen opruimingswerk in gebiede wat onder gewelddadige plundertogte deurgeloop het. 'n Formele geregtelike ondersoek na die dood van 144 psigiatriese pasiënte in die Life Esidimeni-tragedie begin vandag. Die vloede in Duitsland en België word deur plaaslike owerhede in Europa aan klimaatsverandering toegeskryf. 'n Groep vroue van Lichtenburg in Noordwes het 'n veldtog begin om inwoners se gemoedere te verbeter, wat in die Covid-19-pandemie swaarkry.

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