COSATU is stunned by the extent of corruption uncovered at Tembisa Hospital
August 23, 2024
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is stunned at the extent of corruption at Tembisa Hospital after more fraudulent transactions totalling as much as R3 billion were unearthed.
Today marks the third anniversary of the death of whistleblower, Babita Deokaran. Deokaran was the Chief Director: Financial Accounting at the Gauteng Department of Health, she died in a hail of bullets outside her home a mere three weeks after she flagged fraudulent transactions amounting to R850 million at Tembisa Hospital.
A Special Investigating Unit (SIU) probe has revealed a further 5 500 fraudulent transactions amounting to as much as R3 billion, which translates to a mountain when compared to the R850 million she flagged before she was assassinated.
In following up on Deokaran’s initial findings, the SIU has unearthed a complex scheme whose sole intent was to extract as much money as possible from the hospital with the aid of malleable officials who awarded thousands of contracts.