The DA wants the NPA to prosecute not only former Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu but also others implicated in the Life Esidimeni tragedy.
and Mental Health Director Makgabo Manamela are liable for the deaths of nine of the 144 patients who died.previously reported that in 2016 about 1 500 mental patients were moved to unlicensed NGOs that failed to provide proper care and as a result 144 patients died. This came after the Gauteng Department of Health decided to terminate a 30-year contract with Life Esidimeni Healthcare Centre in October 2015.
Bloom said Mahlangu and Manamela should be charged with culpable homicide. Still, there were also many contraventions of thePARTY TO WRITE TO THE NPAwill write to the NPA so it can provide details by 15 August this year of who will be charged and for what offences concerning the Life Esidimeni tragedy.
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