South Africa: Six Years After Life Esidimeni - Deinstitutionalisation At Risk As NGOs Are Paid Late

Six years after the Life Esidimeni tragedy unfolded in Gauteng, an inquest into the circumstances under which more than a thousand psychiatric patients were moved into the care of NGOs and about 144 died, is set to start in the North Gauteng High Court in July. Meanwhile, some mental health NGOs and activists maintain that the Gauteng Department of Health is still short-changing mental health services and that systemic challenges remain.

One such challenge surfaced earlier this year with late payments to over 100 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) housing and providing care for mental health patients.

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