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FORMER GAUTENG HEALTH BOSS DIES BEFORE FACING THE MUSIC FOR ALLEGED R1.2 BILLION CORRUPTION NIGHTMARE
Brian Hlongwa, a top ANC official once tasked with overseeing Gauteng’s public health, is dead. He was awaiting trial for one of the most SHOCKING corruption scandals in South Africa’s democratic history. The man meant to heal the sick stands accused of secretly bleeding the health department dry.
His party calls him a liberation hero. But the evidence paints a DANGEROUSLY different picture. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) found Hlongwa at the center of a R1.2 BILLION web of alleged fraud, corruption, and racketeering during his tenure as Health MEC. While hospitals struggled, he was allegedly living large on the bribes.
The SIU report is a devastating catalogue of greed. It details how a company called 3P Consulting, which secured lucrative health department tenders, allegedly BOUGHT Hlongwa’s loyalty. They paid for his international flights. They helped him buy property. In one brazen act, they even funded a luxury spa weekend for Hlongwa and his wife, complete with limousine transport. This wasn’t politics. This was a CRIME SPREE.
Despite the mountain of evidence, Hlongwa repeatedly denied it all. His day in court was set for 2026. Now, that day will NEVER come. The case against him and his seven co-accused is in limbo, leaving a gaping hole in the pursuit of justice and BILLIONS unaccounted for.
Who protected him? Who looked the other way while our public health system was systematically looted? The silence from his powerful allies is DEAFENING. This isn’t just the story of one man’s death. It’s the story of how CORRUPTION survives, escapes, and leaves a trail of broken institutions in its wake.
The system works perfectly for those who know how to game it, even from the grave.
Edited for Kayitsi.com
Author: Kayitsi.com
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