The Eastern Cape government’s decision to let the office of the premier take over the management of medico-legal cases has helped the provincial health department save money, including more than R60m in two cases, according to premier Oscar Mabuyane’s spokesperson Yanga Funani. The 2020 decision was taken by the executive council in terms of section 18(2)(g) of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), as it was of the view that the department did not have sufficient legal capacity to deal wi.