No records of forensic probe request from Babita Deokaran, says MEC Mokgethi

Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi on Tuesday said the department had no records of an official request for a forensic investigation from the late Babita Deokaran.

This despite a recent News24 investigation which showed the whistleblower flagged around R850 million’s worth of suspicious payments from Tembisa Hospital to the department’s now suspended chief financial officer, Lerato Madyo, in the weeks before her murder. The investigation revealed that Deokaran was assured by Madyo that her concerns had been escalated.

The Democratic Alliance’s Jack Bloom quizzed the MEC on the matter in the Provincial Legislature on Tuesday.

Department officials have previously been quoted saying Deokaran’s concerns weren’t escalated and Mokgethi maintained as much.

Mokgethi said the department had no records of an official request for a forensic investigation from Deokaran.
Bloom also asked if the MEC was, at any stage, aware of Deokaran’s concerns.

The MEC said no to this, and reiterated that “no formal report was tabled to the her department about any forensic investigation that was requested”.

-EWN

In other news – Bianca Naidoo fights to take over late Riky Rick’s Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz & all the money

Late SA hip-hop star, Riky Rick’s baby mama and partner, Bianca Naidoo has taken the Johannesburg Master of the High Court and Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to court to be recognized as his wife and executor of his estate as the rapper died in February without a will.

A local publication reports that Bianca Naidoo is fighting for her baby daddy rapper Riky Rick’s estate, who reportedly committed suicide in February without a will. Learn More