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News24 reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) in Gauteng has taken an unwavering stance against corruption at the embattled Tembisa Hospital. It has called for decisive eradication measures that spared no one, including its own members.
The union had not ruled out the involvement of its members in the corruption scandal and has demanded urgent lifestyle audits and the attachment of properties of those implicated. Nehawu members marched last week to the offices of Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko in Johannesburg, demanding swift and decisive action to address the looting of public funds at Tembisa Hospital. The march came in the wake of explosive revelations that exposed rampant corruption – first identified by whistleblower Babita Deokaran three weeks before her murder in 2021.
An interim report released on Monday by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) shed light on the staggering theft of R2 billion from Tembisa Hospital through fraudulent tenders. Nehawu Gauteng secretary Mzikayise Tshontshi described the findings as a glaring example of systemic corruption crippling the Gauteng health department. Tshontshi declared: “All implicated individuals, from junior staff to senior officials, must face the full might of the law. The department must take disciplinary steps swiftly and decisively if it expects tangible results.” He demanded lifestyle audits for all employees at the hospital, and said “every cent stolen must be recovered, even if it requires auctioning properties of those involved.”
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