EDITORIAL | Behind the Life Esidimeni headlines is the suffering of human beings who deserved better

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While we focus here on the nine deaths that Judge Mmonoa Teffo found to be unnatural, there were 144 deaths associated with the Life Esidimeni tragedy. Ultimately, these were human beings and for the world to know what happened to them is better than the world not knowing.

EDITORIAL | Behind the Life Esidimeni headlines is the suffering of human beings who deserved better

INTERVIEW: Being a good doctor requires empathy, says outgoing health ombud Prof Malegapuru Makgoba

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South Africa’s health ombud Professor Malegapuru Makgoba’s tenure as ombud will end at the end of May. Bienne Huisman spoke to him about headline-making investigations into the Life Esidemeni tragedy and conditions at Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, his childhood in Limpopo, and how he side-stepped former President Nelson Mandela’s invitation to join the African National Congress.