The DA has written a letter to justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola demanding to know why the state continues to pay legal fees for former Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu in the Life Esidimeni inquest.
In a letter sent to Lamola's office on Wednesday, DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach said:"It has come to my attention that former Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu is having her legal fees paid by the State Attorney. This follows revelations that the Life Esidimeni inquest was delayed due to Mahlangu’s lawyers not yet having their legal fees paid by the State Attorney.
''I hereby request full reasons for why the State is continuing to pay for Mahlangu’s fees even though she resigned from her position in 2017, following revelations of the deaths of 144 mental health patients," said Breytenbach. She said it is estimated that the cost of Mahlangu’s legal fees have been reported to be R250,000 per day.
"Should this be true, this would amount to an immense burden on the fiscus of the state," said Breytenbach.
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