Throughout the week she was questioned by different lawyers to assist the court in determining if anyone is liable for the deaths of 144 mental healthcare patients in 2016.
“I know that the constitution is binding on all of us as public officials. I was not admitting that I violated the provisions of the constitution.”
The SIU was instructed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to investigate multiple allegations of maladministration, improper or unlawful conduct and intentional or negligent loss of public money.The tenders include renovation contracts for the virology laboratory at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital, the library at the National Institute of Occupational Health, the Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, and toilets at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases.
During the week, Adv Adila Hassim, representing the public interest law centre Section 27 and the families of the mental healthcare users, dealt with the letter from the Society of Psychiatrists on their primary concern of the reduction of beds at Life Esidimeni.
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