GAUTENG HEALTH
Life Esidimeni suspects not yet facing discipline
Court orders disciplinary processes suspended pending an appeal
The disciplinary processes against two senior Gauteng health department officials have been suspended pending the outcome of their appeal against the health ombudsman’s findings on their role in the deaths of more than 100 state mental patients. Gauteng health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa revealed the new information on the Life Esidimeni tragedy last week in a written reply to questions from DA provincial health spokesman Jack Bloom. In her reply, she detailed the disciplinary charges brought against department head Barney Selebano and the director of mental health services, Makgabo Manamela, for their roles in the transfer of hundreds of patients from Life Esidimeni facilities to ill-equipped NGOs. Both have been charged with fraud, misleading the provincial legislature and the public, breaching the Public Finance Management Act and section 217 of the Constitution, negligence, dereliction of duty, and bringing the department into disrepute. Selebano has also been charged with misleading the...
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