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Christine Nxumalo

Community Champion of the Year: Life Esidimeni activist Christine Nxumalo’s victory for mental health

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Community Champion of the Year: Life Esidimeni activist Christine Nxumalo’s victory for mental health

By Lerato Mutsila

Life Esidimeni families urge NPA to prioritise prosecutions of Mahlangu and Manamela

South Africa

Life Esidimeni families urge NPA to prioritise prosecutions of Mahlangu and Manamela

By Lerato Mutsila

Life Esidimeni was not just a tragedy but a moral failure- advocate tells book launch

Maverick Citizen

Life Esidimeni was not just a tragedy but a moral failure- advocate tells book launch

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Life Esidimeni: Portraits of Lives Lost tells personal stories and calls for mental health reform

South Africa

Life Esidimeni: Portraits of Lives Lost tells personal stories and calls for mental health reform

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Judge rules former health MEC Qedani Mahlangu can be held criminally liable for 9 Life Esidimeni deaths

Maverick Citizen

Judge rules former health MEC Qedani Mahlangu can be held criminally liable for 9 Life Esidimeni deaths

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Life Esidimeni tragedy — committed remembrance efforts vital in keeping victims’ stories alive

South Africa

Life Esidimeni tragedy — committed remembrance efforts vital in keeping victims’ stories alive

By Thom Pierce

Life Esidimeni – reflections on an amoral and dysfunctional health system

Maverick Citizen

Life Esidimeni – reflections on an amoral and dysfunctional health system

By Zukiswa Pikoli

Life Esidimeni Inquest: Journal of a grieving sister

South Africa

Life Esidimeni Inquest: Journal of a grieving sister

By Christine Nxumalo

Families look to July inquest to hold officials criminally accountable

South Africa

Families look to July inquest to hold officials criminally accountable

By Greg Nicolson

Life Esidimeni: Arbitration – painful, flawed, full of lies – still honoured the victims

South Africa

Life Esidimeni: Arbitration – painful, flawed, full of lies – still honoured the victims

By Greg Nicolson

Health-e News: Esidimeni families in the dark about police investigations

South Africa

Health-e News: Esidimeni families in the dark about police investigations

By Health-e News

Life Esidimeni: Intervention working, but much to be done

South Africa

Life Esidimeni: Intervention working, but much to be done

By Greg Nicolson