The DA’s Gauteng health spokesperson, Jack Bloom, has claimed that former provincial Department of Health CFO Lerato Madyo was paid to leave the department and never held to account for the R2.3-billion Tembisa Hospital scandal.

Madyo faced disciplinary charges related to fraudulent Tembisa Hospital contracts flagged by murdered whistleblower Babita Deokaran.

The DA first laid criminal charges against Madyo on 16 October last year for failing to act on Deokaran’s warnings.

“The department has lied and covered up a hush money payoff to the person who disregarded Babita’s appeal to investigate suspicious Tembisa Hospital contracts worth R850 million,” Bloom said.

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