Former director of Gauteng Mental Health says she’s being blamed by officials ‘trying to save their skins’ in the deaths of 144 patients at Life Esidimeni.
It’s been seven years since the lives of the families of patients at Life Esidimeni mental health facilities took a turn for the worse when they discovered their loved ones were being severely neglected and mistreated, and in some cases, died as a result of this.
Daily Maverick spoke to America’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt, who was in South Africa to meet NGOs and government officials concerned with xenophobia and human rights.