DPSA statement on Esidimeni
DISABLED PEOPLE SOUTH AFRICA MEDIA STATEMENT ON THE TRAGIC LOSS OF 36 PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS IN GAUTENG 3/10/2016 Press Release DPSA has...
RIP Billy Maboe
Senzani na! Reverend Joseph Maboe and his family have undergone a traumatic ordeal. His son, Billy, was moved from the Life Esidimeni...
RIP Christopher Makhoba
Christopher Makhoba lived with epilepsy and had sustained brain damage due to a seizure. He was the 9th patient to die after being...
RIP Sizwe Hlatshwayo
StartFragmentSizwe Hlatshwayo may be the 38th patient to die after being moved from state-funded hospital care. It took almost a month...
RIP Sofia Molefe
Sophia Molefe, 23 years old and a person with high support needs to live with her psychosocial disability, was sent home from Esidimeni,...
Virginia Machpelah RIP
Senzeni na - what have we done? In September, when Christine Nxumalo was finally told of her sister’s death, she went to a private...
Calls to Government
The theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day is psychologic first aid. As today marks World Mental Health Day, health organisations...
Their Silent Screams
World Mental Health Day 2016 Aslam Dasoo We watched from a distance as it unfolded – the machinery, the coordination, the wilfulness. But...
