Health ombudsman Malegapuru Makgoba’s report into the scandal, which has shocked the country, found that Former Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu's  cost-cutting exercise to move the patients from Life Esidimeni had been expensive and deadly. Read the full report here.

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