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Precious Angels

Health department staff, including psychiatrists, ‘too scared’ of then MEC Qedani Mahlangu to speak up

South Africa

Health department staff, including psychiatrists, ‘too scared’ of then MEC Qedani Mahlangu to speak up

By Zukiswa Pikoli

Portraits of Lives Lost: ‘Your brother is dead,’ the caller said

Maverick Citizen

Portraits of Lives Lost: ‘Your brother is dead,’ the caller said

By Harriet Perlman and Darnell Nxumalo. Pictures by Mark Lewis

Portraits of Lives Lost: ‘I felt something was wrong’ — the lamentation of a grieving mother

South Africa

Portraits of Lives Lost: ‘I felt something was wrong’ — the lamentation of a grieving mother

By Harriet Perlman and Darnell Nxumalo. Pictures by Mark Lewis

Portraits of Lives Lost: The file said ‘deceased’, that's how I found out that Terence was dead

South Africa

Portraits of Lives Lost: The file said ‘deceased’, that's how I found out that Terence was dead

By Harriet Perlman and Darnell Nxumalo. Pictures by Mark Lewis

Portraits of lives lost: Left lying on the floor

South Africa

Portraits of lives lost: Left lying on the floor

By Harriet Perlman and Darnell Nxumalo. Pictures by Mark Lewis

Mental health patients were crammed into small house and slept in cots, inquest told

South Africa

Mental health patients were crammed into small house and slept in cots, inquest told

By Zukiswa Pikoli

The Life Esidimeni tragedy: My long and unfinished journey to justice

South Africa

The Life Esidimeni tragedy: My long and unfinished journey to justice

By Christine Nxumalo