Ex-MEC to face music after deaths

FORMER Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu can now be subpoenaed to appear before the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings as it has been confirmed she is studying at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the DA said.

“According to reliable sources she flew from South Africa to Heathrow airport in London on July 29,” DA Gauteng MPL Jack Bloom said.

“It is essential that she accounts for her actions as she insisted on cancelling the Esidimeni contract for mental health patients despite warnings that this would result in disaster. She also intimidated officials in the transfer of patients to illegally registered NGOs where they died, and tried to cover up what was happening.” – ANA