A family member of the victims Miriam Monyane, with Solidarity Helping Hand chairperson Dirk Hermann. (Reint Dykema)
Thabile Mange
A few years ago, 34 people were massacred in Marikana by the police and we were not outraged.
Now, more than 94 mentally ill patients have died as a result of the Gauteng health department’s ill-conceived decision to move them from Life Esidimeni to unlicensed nongovernmental organisations. Still we are not outraged.
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