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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has raided the Sandton, Johannesburg, home of businessman Hangwani Maumela, seizing high-end vehicles and artworks as part of an R820 million asset recovery operation linked to wholesale looting at Tembisa Hospital, in Ekurhuleni. Photo: File

Massive raid part of asset recovery in Tembisa Hospital tender fraud

The Special Investigating Unit has seized luxury vehicles and artworks worth millions from businessman Hangwani Maumela’s Joburg mansion as part of an R820 million asset recovery

  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Floyd Shivambu has been appointed MK party secretary general with immediate effect. (Photo by Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Floyd Shivambu appointed MK party secretary general

The party’s president, Jacob Zuma, said he had ‘full confidence’ in Shivambu

  • Des Erasmus
2 min read
Loss upon loss: Christine Nxumalo holds a picture of her and her late sister Virginia Machpelah and niece Shanice. (Mark Lewis)

The heartbreaking journeys of Life Esidimeni families

Extracts from Life Esidimeni: Portraits of Lives Lost

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu testifies during the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings on January 22, 2018 in Johannesburg. , South Africa. (Photo by Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Remembering the Life Esidimeni tragedy

Section27, representing 44 of the bereaved families, has called for those responsible to be charged with culpable homicide

  • Umamah Bakharia
8 min read
The deaths of 141 mental health patients occurred when they were moved to unlicensed, ill-equipped NGOs (Photo by Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Inquest finds former health MEC Mahlangu caused Life Esidimeni deaths

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  • Umamah Bakharia
1 min read
The NHI is a constitutional Imperative for universal healthcare

Rise of fake doctors on social media ‘puts lives at risk’

The South African Medical Association says bogus medical practitioners operating online undermines the profession

  • Umamah Bakharia
4 min read