I handed over a memorandum with the party’s demands. I was accompanied by the DA Constituency Heads for Tembisa, Refiloe Ntšekhe MPL and Khathutshelo Rasilingwane MPL.

The DA’s memorandum calls for the following:

1. A speedy process to sell off the seized assets, so money is directly returned to assist hospital patients.

2. Criminal charges against all those implicated in the looting, regardless of their high positions or political connections. The evidence for asset forfeitures should be used to criminally charge Mr Hangwani Maumela and others instead of waiting for the SIU final report.

3. Justice for Babita Deokaran – this means finding and charging the mastermind who ordered her murder, as well as suitable protection and honour for whistleblowers who expose wrongdoing.

4. Widen the investigations to include procurement at all Gauteng hospitals.

5. Public disclosure of all findings, and timely report-backs on the implementation of recommendations.

6. Comprehensive reform of procurement processes to prevent further stealing and ensure that money is spent cost-effectively to improve healthcare.

7. Fire Health and Wellness MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko. She allowed former Chief Financial Officer Lerato Madyo to resign with her pension money instead of being disciplined for suppressing Babita’s exposure of suspicious contracts at Tembisa Hospital. We need a new MEC who will effectively break up the corruption networks and replace all the cronies with competent and ethical people.

See submitted memorandum here.

The corruption is far wider than Tembisa Hospital, and it needs to be rooted out. The reality is that people die when health money is misappropriated on such a massive scale.

Premier Lesufi must stop the stealing and start the healing!

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This damning report vindicates the warnings of slain whistleblower Babita Deokaran, who courageously flagged over R850 million in suspicious tenders before her assassination. Her bravery unveiled a criminal syndicate operating within the Gauteng Department of Health (GDOH), and her sacrifice must compel immediate and decisive action.

ActionSA demands:

• Full recovery of stolen funds and criminal prosecution of all implicated parties. The SIU identified 207 service providers and 4,501 irregular purchase orders. These companies and individuals involved must be blacklisted, their assets seized and every rand stolen returned to the people of Gauteng.

• Real accountability for complicit officials. The resignation of senior managers does not constitute accountability. Officials who facilitated, condoned or ignored this corruption must face disciplinary action, criminal prosecution, civil litigation and public disclosure of their names and cases.

• Protection and justice for whistleblowers. Babita Deokaran’s murder was a direct result of the state’s failure to protect those who speak truth to power. ActionSA calls for the urgent introduction of a provincial whistleblower protection framework and full transparency on the progress of investigations into her assassination.

• Urgent restoration of Tembisa Hospital. Whilst billions were looted, patients continue to suffer in collapsing facilities. The hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit remains gutted months after a fire, leaving communities without critical services. ActionSA demands a public timeline for infrastructure repairs, equipment replacement and the filling of critical medical vacancies.

• Structural reform of procurement systems in Gauteng Health. The SIU report reveals how weak controls allowed junior officials and external syndicates to siphon off billions. ActionSA calls for a complete overhaul of procurement protocols, including digital transparency tools, real-time auditing and independent oversight of large contracts.

This report confirms what Gauteng residents have known and suffered through for years: under ANC misrule, our healthcare system has become a feeding trough for criminal tenderpreneurs and corrupt officials, whilst patients are left to die in underfunded, dysfunctional hospitals. ActionSA will not allow the death of Babita Deokaran, or the suffering of Tembisa’s residents, to be in vain. We will continue to demand accountability, push for reforms and work to deliver a government that puts people before corruption.

ActionSA reaffirms its commitment to ethical governance and people-centred leadership. Where the ANC has failed, ActionSA will continue to lead the fight for accountability and to restore dignity in Gauteng’s healthcare system.

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Led by SIU Head Advocate Andy Mothibi, the briefing is providing updates on the ongoing investigation into procurement irregularities at the hospital — a probe that gained urgency following the 2021 assassination of whistleblower Babita Deokaran, who exposed suspicious contracts linked to the facility.

Senior officials from the Gauteng Department of Health and government representatives are also in attendance as the SIU presents its findings to date.

The briefing is seen as a critical step in addressing claims of state capture, corruption networks, and systemic failures in the provincial health system.

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SIU Briefs Media on Corruption at Tembisa Hospital | 30 Sept 2025

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