Gauteng paid R103m to law firm that recommended ending Life Esidimeni contract
The DA is calling for an independent inquiry into the payments made to Ngcebetsha Madlanga Attorneys
The Gauteng health department has paid R103m to Ngcebetsha Madlanga Attorneys for work that included an opinion on terminating the Life Esidimeni contract‚ and opposing the two court applications that tried to stop the transfer of mental health patients to unsuitable NGOs where 144 died. This was disclosed by Gauteng health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa in a written reply to questions in the Gauteng legislature by the DA’s Jack Bloom‚ he said in a statement on Wednesday. The law firm was paid this money from October 2014 to September 2017. After that date‚ Ramokgopa said, she was unable to obtain any reports of additional work "due to the exodus of senior legal officials who were directly involved in dealing with this service provider". Ramokgopa said the firm was first appointed by participating in a contract for a panel of legal service providers. A contract and service level agreement was entered into on January 4 2016‚ which was for 10 months up to October 2016‚ and then an addendum was si...
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