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Life Esidimeni: Former Gauteng mental health boss Makgabo Manamela too sick to testify | News24

The much-anticipated Life Esidimeni inquest testimony of the former head of mental health at the Gauteng health department, Dr Makgabo Manamela, didn't go ahead for a second day in a row - this time because she is ill.

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