ANC Chief Whip refuses to explain his advice to Esidimeni MEC
5 December 2017
ANC Chief Whip Brian Hlongwa refused today to explain his advice to former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu that she go overseas following the deaths of former Esidimeni patients.
I challenged him in my speech on the debate on the Annual Report of the Premier's Office to use the rule allowing personal explanation to explain his comments on Mahlangu in an interview with Power FM earlier this year.
His exact words were as follows:
"I spoke to her privately, you must leave the country, going into exile for two years."