Negligent NGO that allowed nine to die grilled by Judge Dikgang Moseneke
Dianne Noyile, of NGO Siyabadinga, and who is a pastor, says her ‘wrongdoing’ was that she had love — but no money‚ only junior nurses, and relied on food donations
Dianne Noyile‚ who ran an unlicensed non-governmental organisation (NGO) for mentally disabled adults‚ has admitted she still has the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) grant cards of some of the patients‚ who are no longer in her care. Noyile was testifying in the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings that aim to give closure to why 141 mentally ill patients died when moved into NGOs. Noyile ran the Siyabadinga NGO and looked after 73 mentally and physically disabled patients. Her NGO‚ set up in May 2016‚ was without money‚ used two junior nurses and relied on food donations‚ she admitted. When Life Esidimeni patients were moved into the Cullinan Care and Rehabilitation Centre‚ the patients living at the Cullinan Centre were moved to Siyabadinga. After only being open for two months‚ Noyile’s NGO was shut down last July by the Gauteng Health Department.
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