24 March 2015
Mail&Guardian
Free State Health MEC Benny Malakoane has accused the M&G of sensationalist reporting, but warned that his department will run out of money this year.
Free State Health MEC Benny Malakoane has accused the Mail & Guardian of “sensationalist reporting” and publishing “inaccurate and unsubstantiated stories” about Dihlabeng Regional Hospital in Bethlehem, as well as the Free State public health system in general, in an effort to undermine his leadership.
Malakoane made the allegations in his budget vote speech, which he delivered in Bloemfontein on Tuesday.
Malakoane said: “In all articles of a particular newspaper, start
