WATCH: DA pressures Lesufi for criminal charges over Tembisa Hospital graft, demands axing of health MEC

By Charmaine Ndlela

The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday handed a memorandum to Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s office, demanding criminal charges against all those implicated in large-scale looting at Tembisa Hospital.  

The picket outside the premier’s office was led by the DA’s Gauteng Health spokesperson, Jack Bloom, who delivered the memorandum of demand to senior manager Dumisani Nxumalo.

The party called for a speedy process to sell off seized assets from those implicated in the funds that were stolen, so that money can be channelled directly back to assist hospital patients, and for criminal charges “against all those implicated in the looting, regardless of their high positions or political connections”.

The memorandum also demanded justice