PUBLISHED BY: Sunday Times WRITTEN BY: Sasha Stevenson On August 15 2016, Virginia Machpelah died. She was 50 years old. She was 1.5m tall and at the time of her death she weighed 35kg. Her body was emaciated and dehydrated, with gangrene on both feet. The details of Machpelah’s death Continue Reading
10 July 2025, Johannesburg – 10 July 2025 marks exactly one year since Judge Mmonoa Teffo handed down the Life Esidimeni Inquest judgment. The inquest found that the conduct of Ms Qedani Mahlangu (the former Gauteng Health MEC) and Dr. Makgabo Manamela (the former Director of Mental Health in Gauteng) Continue Reading
SECTION27 and the Life Esidimeni Family Committee welcome the announcement that the National Prosecuting Authority will institute a formal and joint inquest into the deaths of 144 mental health care users who were transferred from the Life Esidimeni facility to unlicensed Non-governmental organisations. Families represented by SECTION27 requested as Continue Reading
