Mental health conditions such as depression are sky high, according to statistics but investment in resources and policy implementation have not changed significantly since the 2016 Life Esidimeni tragedy as other high burden diseases are prioritised.
Christine Nxumalo’s sister Virginia Machpelah died after being moved from the Randfontein Life Esidimeni facility on the West Rand. Nxumalo says the arbitration hearings in 2017 highlighted the cruelty of government and the facilities contracted to care for those with mental health impairments. But the inquest, which started last year and resumed on January 17 2022, is answering questions left unanswered during the hearings.Although Nxumalo wants more information about her sister’s death, she says it is difficult to deal with the evidence because it is so personal.
It’s so intense because we didn’t get the full story. So when you listen to this, you think oh, here’s a puzzle piece, it fits here … The arbitration filled in certain parts, now the inquest is beginning to fill that [other] space and it’s becoming emotional because you see just how horrible everything was. It’s like these people [who died] were not people, they were just things.
In September 2019, the National Prosecuting Authority said it did not have enough evidence to charge government health officials and NGO owners for the 144 deaths. It announced the judicial inquest instead that resumed last month at the Pretoria High Court, presided over by Judge Mmonoa Teffo.The families hope the NPA will use the evidence gathered at the inquest to initiate criminal proceedings.
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