COMMENT:
Good to see some movement in the Tembisa Hospital scandal with more assets going to be seized.
Every step towards accountability is welcome.
But one critical question still hangs over this case:
If businessman Hangwani Morgan Maumela is allegedly the mastermind behind the multibillion-rand tender fraud and looting syndicate at Tembisa Hospital, why has he still not been criminally charged?
Is he being protected?
The SIU’s investigation uncovered alleged procurement irregularities involving more than R2-billion meant for healthcare.
Investigators say dozens of proxy and front companies were allegedly used to secure contracts, while the Asset Forfeiture Unit and SIU obtained preservation orders for assets reportedly worth more than R300 million, including luxury properties and high-end vehicles.
Yet despite these developments, Maumela has not been criminally charged.
The NPA has previously indicated that it is working to convert the evidence gathered during the investigations into admissible, trial-ready evidence. If that is the reason for the delay, the public deserves regular updates.
South Africans have watched this scandal unfold for years while public healthcare suffered.
The focus now must be on ensuring that everyone allegedly responsiblewhether public officials, businesspeople or facilitators-is held accountable through the courts.
Justice must not only be done; it must be seen to be done.
@pule_jones
3 months ago, Ramaphosa proudly appointed acting Minister of Police, Puleng Dimpane, even though her name had already come up in Madlanga Commission. Today she's officially charged with tender fraud of R43m😣
Ramaphosa is such an incompetent & corrupt hardcore mafia. This can't be the "new dawn" we were promised 🤧
People like you are part of the reason GBV is so rampant in this country. You constantly blame victims of abuse because of your ignorance, blind loyalty, and misplaced respect for perpetrators.
She isn't the first person to speak out about this disgraceful, abusive drunkard, and dismissing her only helps protect people like him.
I was fascinated to learn that Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga was appointed as Chief Evidence Leader, while still a Senior Advocate, at the Marikana Commission of Enquiry that was established by the then President Jacob Zuma in August 2012. It was headed by Justice Ian Gordon Farlam, to investigate the tragic killing by the Poice, of the 34 striking mine workers at the Lonmin mine in Marikana, North West.
He had to resign in early 2013 to prepare to occupy his new role as a Justice of the Constitutional Court from 1 August 2013, which he served in until his retirement last year on 31 July 2025.
I thought he was there for the entire period, I was going to search for footage to see how he looked and performed as the Chaskalson of that Commission.😂
#MadlangaCommission