Call to blacklist companies implicated in Tembisa Hospital corruption
The DA says ANC heavyweight and tenderpreneur, Sello Sekhokho continues to get business.
This is despite the SIU recommending otherwise.
Shortly before her death in 2021, Whistleblower Babita Deokaran red-flagged contracts worth R850-million.
There were over 200 suppliers to the hospital.
Dr Aslam Dasoo from the Progressive Health Forum says stolen health public funds have immediate and deadly effects.
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