According to IOL, Gauteng’s health MEC Brian Hlongwa commandeered a venue at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital which had been booked months in advance by doctors planning a Christmas party for their sick kiddies patients from the HIV perinatal ward. Why? So that his royal highness could launch a vaccine.
Reporters from The Star quote doctors [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘gauteng’
November 22, 2008
Mashatile creates cookie jar
True to its investigative traditions, this week the M&G has a fascinating story on Gauteng premier Paul Mashatile’s bid to create an provincial equity fund that will provide money for projects thereby circumventing the tender process. This is ripe for the abuse of power and disbursement of patronage as such a move would mean that [...]
October 23, 2008
Fatcat health MEC’s R1 million boardroom
Gauteng’s provincial health minister, Brian Hlongwa, has splashed out on renovating his boardroom with R1 million from the public purse according to this article in last week’s Financial Mail.
This outrageous extravagance comes at at time when Gauteng’s hospitals are under more strain than ever, with vastly inadequate and ill-maintained infrastructure (such as broken lifts), as well [...]
May 19, 2008
ANC’s ingredients in xenophobia cocktail of chaos
As usual, Justice Malala hits the nail on the head in his latest Times column, this one on xenophobia. He holds the ruling party responsible for creating a climate of criminality where illegal actions can occur with impunity. This, he feels, has led thugs across Gauteng to believe they can get away with their barbaric [...]
