In a landmark judgement, the Pretoria High Court ruled that former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and former Director of Mental Health Makgabo Manamela should be held accountable for at least nine of the 144 deaths.
JOHANNESBURG - The National Prosecuting Authority is yet to decide whether it will prosecute former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu for culpable homicide after she was found to have caused the deaths of some of the Life Esidimeni victims.
The Pretoria High Court handed down a landmark judgement in the Life Esidimeni inquest on Wednesday – almost a decade after 144 mental health patients died in Gauteng. Mahlangu and the former Director of Mental Health Makgabo Manamela should be held accountable for at least nine of the deathsShe said Manamela’s decision to blindly implement the marathon project and a failure to intervene added to the crisis.
“She could have saved many lives, as she visited the NGOs, and she could see they were not adequately equipped and some of the personnel were not adequately qualified to care for the mental health users.” Though there are 144 known deaths, the court could only link nine, with absolute certainty, to the conduct of Mahlangu and Manamela.
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