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Mahlangu was hauled before the integrity committee for her role in the Life Esidimeni tragedy, which resulted in the deaths of at least 144 psychiatric patients. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Mahlangu and Hlongwa to remain members of ANC Gauteng PEC

​Embattled ANC Gauteng leaders Qedani Mahlangu and Brian Hlongwa are to remain members of the party’s PEC, the ANC in the province said

Former Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu still sits on the provincial executive committee. (Oupa Nkosi)

Hlongwa, Mahlangu remain on high-level ANC body despite ban on public office

Read the ANC Gauteng executive committee statement on embattled former health MECs Brian Hlongwa and Qedani Mahlangu as well as former Emfuleni mayor.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Hlongwa said he requested the party “to relieve me from the position and duties of the chief whip”. (Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images)

Brian Hlongwa steps down as ANC chief whip in Gauteng legislature

Hlongwa was implicated in a report by the SIU into corrupt activities to the tune of R1.2-billion during his tenure as health MEC

“There was an offer from Saudi to invest in Denel, not buy a stake. At some point we did consider it, but we did not come [to] any conclusion,” Sisulu said. (David Harrison/M&G)

‘Do the right thing’

The ANC’s Gauteng secretary says ‘revolutionary morality’ demands that the controversial leaders must put people first

The corruption allegations against Brian Hlongwa date back to when he was Gauteng health MEC

Hawks given new instructions in Hlongwa graft allegations

Hlongwa, who is currently the ANC’s chief whip in Gauteng, has allegedly been linked to corruption amounting to R1.2-billion

Former Gauteng health MEC

SIU report a ploy to ’embarrass Gauteng ANC’ — Hlongwa

Hlongwa says a report by the SIU linking him to corruption ​amounting to R1.2-billion, was nothing new and a ploy "to embarrass the Gauteng ANC"

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Hlongwa said he requested the party “to relieve me from the position and duties of the chief whip”. (Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images)

Read Brian Hlongwa’s response to the SIU report

Allegations of graft during his tenure as Gauteng health MEC aren’t new, says ANC Gauteng chief whip. In fact, they’re talked about regularly.

The corruption allegations against Brian Hlongwa date back to when he was Gauteng health MEC
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Hlongwa responds to SIU report: ‘I arranged to hand myself over to the Hawks’

The chief whip says recent media reports were first to alert him that the SIU had completed its investigation into alleged corruption under his watch.

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A ‘lethal dose of corruption’: How state capture crippled Gauteng health and Penny Penny is running for Limpopo’s top ANC post

After Roger Federer

Five things the Gauteng health department spent your money on – SIU

Spa treatments, fancy homes and paperwork — and the list goes on.

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A very sick health dept

‘Cue the now all-too-familiar pattern of patronage — houses, overseas trips, spa treatments’

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Hlongwa said he requested the party “to relieve me from the position and duties of the chief whip”. (Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images)

Ex-health MEC in R1bn graft probe

Gauteng’s embattled health department is even more sickly than thought, according to a report

Former Gauteng health MEC
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Limos & spas: Take a look at why Gauteng ANC Chief Whip Brian Hlongwa resigned.

Go behind the accusations that led to his resignation this week in this story from our archives.

Charlotte Maxeke hospital.

Read the damning SIU report on Gauteng health department corruption

Civil servants and politicians have been implicated in graft amounting to over R1-billion

Former Gauteng health MEC

DA challenges ANC to fire former MEC over alleged corruption

The opposition’s Jack Bloom says the Gauteng premier should distance himself from chief whip Brian Hlongwa until the court case is over.

The corruption allegations against Brian Hlongwa date back to when he was Gauteng health MEC

Gauteng’s billion-rand white elephant IT system

Gauteng splurged on an IT system under former health MEC Brian Hlongwa’s watch in a process fraught with tender irregularities and alleged bribes.

Former Gauteng health MEC

Embattled Hlongwa in leadership tussle

The former health MEC’s political career is in the balance following damning allegations that implicate him in tender fraud amounting to over R1bn.

Former Gauteng health MEC

Hlongwa allegations taken to ANC’s integrity committee

Allegations of corruption involving ANC Gauteng Chief Whip Brian Hlongwa have been referred to the party’s integrity committee.

NPA seizes over R1bn in Gauteng health dept contract claims

The National Prosecuting Authority has revealed that over R1-billion in contract claims upon the Gauteng health department has been seized.

Hlongwa’s house of graft and lies

Former Gauteng health MEC Brian Hlongwa received millions from associates who were in business with his department.