The Gauteng ANC provincial task team PTT is mourning the passing of corruption-accused former Gauteng health MEC Brian Hlongwa, who died after an illness.
Hlongwa was the health MEC from 2006 to 2009. Between 2009 and 2018, he was the ANCs chief whip in the Gauteng legislature and resigned under a dark cloud after the release of a report by the Special Investigating Unit implicating him in alleged corrupt and fraudulent dealings worth R1.2bn in the health department during his tenure as MEC.
In 2021, the National Prosecuting Authority formally charged Hlongwa, together with his wife Joeline, and six co-accused, including executive officials and private individuals, on charges of fraud, corruption, money laundering and an alleged pattern of racketeering activity perpetuated against the department.
