Although Christine Nxumalo has always been an active participant in community outreach, she never considered herself an activist. That was until the avoidable Life Esidimeni tragedy, which claimed the ...

Families affected by the Life Esidimeni tragedy handed over a memorandum to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) asking them to prioritise the prosecution of two government officials. In July, ...

Nine years ago, at least 144 mental healthcare users died when the termination of the Gauteng Department of Health’s contract with long-term psychiatric care hospital Life Esidimeni resulted in more ...

The families of Life Esidimeni patients and NGOs Section27 and the SA Depression and Anxiety Group have urged the National Prosecuting Authority to prosecute former Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu ...

Nearly a decade after 140+ deaths, the NPA is moving to prosecute officials linked to the Life Esidimeni tragedy, with culpable homicide charges likely. Family members who lost loved ones in the Life ...

The Life Esidimeni families have expressed concern that almost 10 years after the deaths of 144 mental healthcare users and more than a year since an inquest judgment into their deaths, there is still ...

Two priests have started a project to help those affected by the Life Esidimeni tragedy pick up the pieces and rebuild their lives. Methodist Church pastors Andrew Pietersen and Joseph Maboe were also ...

Holding two public officials responsible for the Life Esidimeni tragedy is a legal milestone. It also highlights the consequences of putting costs over care. The new book is structured around ...

Former nursing manager at Life Esidimeni, Zanele Buthelezi, through a statement said more than half of the patients were not suitable to be moved to NGOs. JOHANNESBURG - The High Court in Pretoria on ...

South Africa is reeling from the news that 36 mental healthcare patients have died since March after they were relocated from Life Healthcare’s Esidimeni facility to nongovernmental organisations in ...

Pretoria - The inquest into the ill-fated the transfer of more than 2 000 mental health patients from Life Esidimeni Health Care to care centres that did not have licences to look after mental health ...