Babita Deokaran: Mobegi o Bolailwe ka ntlha ya go Senola Tsietso ya PPE

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Babita Deokaran, mokaedimogolo wa namane o sa tshwere wa diakhaonto tsa matlole kwa Gauteng Health, o ne a thuntshiwa kwa ntle ga legae la gagwe ka la bo 23 Phatwe 2021. O ne a ntse a dirisana le dipatlisiso tsa SIU tsa R332M mo thekong ya bonweenwee ya PPE ya COVID-19 kwa Bookelong jwa Tembisa. Batlhasedi ba le barataro ba bonwe molato (dingwaga di le 6-22). Dipatlisiso tsa gore ke mang yo o laetseng go itewa di tsweletse.

R332 million (PPE fraud she was exposing)

COVID-19 Corruption

Babita Deokaran was murdered because she did her job.

As acting chief director of financial accounting at Gauteng Health, Deokaran discovered a vast extraction network siphoning Tembisa Hospital's budget. Tembisa was placing far more orders than comparable hospitals — often for unnecessary items at massively inflated costs. The total corruption: R332 million in PPE contracts alone. She reported everything to the SIU.

On 23 August 2021, she was shot multiple times outside her home after dropping her daughter at school. Six suspects were arrested and convicted in 2023 (6-22 years). They implicated three more individuals, including the alleged middleman. As of 2025, the masterminds remain at large.

Her case demonstrates that the consequences of corruption extend beyond financial loss — when billions are at stake, those who expose the theft pay with their lives.

Exposed / Investigated By

Not accused — these people helped surface or investigate the case.

Implicated Institutions

Consequences

convictioncompleted2023-08-01

Six hitmen pleaded guilty in August 2023 and received sentences of 6 to 22 years.

The trigger men were convicted. The people who ordered the hit remain at large.

legal proceedingongoing2025-07-01

Convicted hitmen implicated three more individuals. SIU investigation into masterminds ongoing as of 2025.

Four years after the assassination, the masterminds are still not in court.