THERE has been a plethora of verbiage on the subject of 'vaccine mandates' over the past weeks. Several pieces written by legal academics and health scholars all present these measures as a fait accompli, and worse, present public health policy as if the extraordinary measures contemplated do not...

HALTON CHEADLE claims to be an 'emeritus professor of law at UCT'. In reality the self-styled 'drafter of the Labour Relations Act' was pushed into early retirement following revelations of his business relationship with then Speaker of the House of Assembly, Max Sisulu, and Kagiso, a company in...

THE SCANDAL involving the deaths of nearly 100 so-called 'mental patients' deserves more consideration. Missing from the press narrative regarding the tragedy, involving an investigation by Health Ombudsperson Malegapuru Makgoba and the many understatements and obfuscations by Health Minister Eli...

Key Findings Upon the investigation, the Ombud has established that: A total of ninety-four (94+) and not thirty-six (36) mentally ill patients (as initially and commonly reported publicly in the media) died between 23 March 2016 and 19 December 2016 in Gauteng Province. This total number of 94 s...