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DR BARNEY SELEBANO HAS RESIGNED!

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Barney Selebano at the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings.
Barney Selebano at the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings.

THE suspended head of the Gauteng department of health, Dr Barney Selebano, has resigned.

According to Gauteng Department of Health spokesperson Lesemang Matuka, Selebano resigned with immediate effect from 15th January 2018.

Speaking with News24, a senior Gauteng government official confirmed that since all heads of department appointments are done by the premier, Gauteng Premier David Makhura is still considering Selebano's letter of resignation.

Selebano was suspended in February 2017.

Meanwhile, Selebano owned up to the Life Esidimeni tragedy whiles testifying at the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings.

He said he wished he could go back and do things differently.

“I now know exactly how we did wrong by not listening to others. We did things terribly wrong,” said Selebano.

Selebano said he took responsibility for the "regrettable" deaths of more than 140 mentally ill patients who died when they were moved to different ill-equipped non-governmental organisations (NGOs) across the province. 

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