The Life Esidimeni inquest stands as a crucial accountability process for a national tragedy that ought never to have happened and should never happen again. Here, they summarise and assess progress at the inquest since October last year. They previously wrote about the first months of the inqu.
The Life Esidimeni Inquest stands as a crucial accountability process for a national tragedy that ought never to have happened and should never happen again, write Julia Chaskalson and Mbali Baduza.
Former Gauteng Department of Health official testifies that ‘there wasn’t sufficient time to carry out all the obligations that need to be effected’ for the transfer of mental health patients.