South Africa: Life Esidimeni Hearings Told of Rape At Facility

22 November 2017

A witness has told the Life Esidimeni arbitration panel that her 36-year-old sister was raped at non-governmental organisation Takalani - the same facility that mentally ill patients were moved to during the controversial transfer of patients.

The sister later discovered that she was infected with HIV/Aids.

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