The anniversary of slain whistleblower Babita Deokaran’s assassination on Friday has cast a renewed spotlight on the sickening extend of tender fraud and corruption amounting to billions at Gauteng hospitals. Deokaran died in a hail of bullets three years ago after flagging irregular tenders worth R850 million at the Tembisa Hospital. The group of six hitmen who killed the Gauteng health department senior official outside her Mondeor home, south of Johannesburg, have been convicted for her murder.
Justice for Babita Deokaran? However, there are many who feel that justice has not been fully served. To this day, police are still no closer to apprehending the mastermind who orchestrated the hit to silence Deokaran. News24 reported on Friday that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has uncovered a potential trail of “wholesale” looting amounting to a staggering R3 billion from Tembisa Hospital since her death.
SIU to probe new claims of corruption at other hospitals At a memorial event for Deokaran on Friday evening, SIU head Andy Mothibi revealed that new information of alleged dodgy dealings by three syndicates at several other hospitals has now come to light. “The team is engaging with whistleblowers who worked with one of the syndicates. They allege that the syndicates are involved in other hospitals.
” Mothibi stressed however that this information is still being verified. “The information is currently being verified by the Special Investigating Team, the e-Gov a.