Qedani Mahlangu

Quick Facts

Full Name	Qedani Mahlangu
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	May 12, 1968(1968-05-12)
Age	56
Birthplace	Bethal
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Mpumalanga
Horoscope	Taurus

Qedani Mahlangu Biography

Qedani Mahlangu is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on May 12, 1968 in Bethal, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Qedani Mahalangu was born in Bethal (a small farming community in Mpumalanga), South Africa, on 12 May 1968. After finishing secondary school, she became a teacher and then went on to complete an Advanced Diploma of Economics at the University of the Western Cape. She also attended a postgraduate diploma course at the London School of Economics, and an economics program in Williams College, Massachusetts, USA. An Honours Degree was granted to her by the University of the Western Cape in Economics.

Since 2002, she has been a member of the ANC’s Provincial Executive Committee for Gauteng. She was part of the election machinery in Gauteng, and nationally, from 2003 to April 2004.

In June 2007 the Department of Health, Gauteng concluded a service level agreement with Baoki Consortium and 3P Consultants in terms of which 3P Consulting was obliged to establish a Project Management Unit for the Department to set-up a Health Information System and Electronic Health Records for Gauteng hospitals and clinics. On 23 March 2009 the agreement was extended for a further three years by the then MEC of Health Brian Hlongwa. Mahlangu Replaced Hlongwa as MEC of Health on 8 May 2009 after the National Elections, as part of Nomvula Mokonyane’s first provincial cabinet. Shortly after Mahlangu conducted a review of projects and on 1 July 2009 she wrote a letter to 3P Consulting stating that the department was cancelling the extended agreement. According to Ms Mahlangu’s affidavit this was ‘due to serious allegations of impropriety as well as irregularities in the award as well as the extension of the agreement’. There was extensive litigation between the parties and on 18 February 2010 the South Gauteng High Court (Lamont J) granted a declaration that the services agreement between 3P Consulting and the Department was validly concluded and extended. The Department appealed the decision of the high court and failed, furthermore on 7 February 2011 the Constitutional Court refused leave for a further appeal. On 13 October 2011, 3P Consulting instituted application proceedings against the Department claiming payment of some R99 million excluding interest and costs. The proceedings were defended by the department and referred for trial. Before the trial 3P Consulting was placed in liquidation. Its claim against the Department was its sole substantial asset. The liquidators applied for the appointment of a commissioner to investigate the company’s affairs and to determine whether it should continue with the litigation against the Department to recover the claim. In July 2014, The National Prosecuting Authority applied to the South Gauteng High Court to place preservation orders on any claims that 3P Consulting and Baoki may have filed against the Department of Health Gauteng, effectively attaching such claims as proceeds of unlawful activities, following attaching of Hlongwa’s luxury home.

From January 2010 to the end of the 2014/15 financial year, the provincial department of health paid out about R544 million in damages and settlements relating to medical negligence cases. Mahlangu was instructed by Premier Makhura to look at a different mechanism of addressing medical negligence cases besides the court processes where the department had lost approximately 168 cases in the same period. Some of the medical negligence cases include, Security guards turning away patients from the clinics, leading to at least two deaths in 2015, and severe brain damage with cerebral palsy, suffered by a baby boy where hospital staff allegedly failing to properly monitor him after birth in 2007.

Qedani Mahlangu has one child, Nkululeko Chris Skhosana, who was born in 1996.

Qedani Mahlangu Net Worth

Qedani Mahlangu is one of the richest Politician from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Qedani Mahlangu 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Qedani Dorothy Mahalangu was born 12 May 1968 in Bethal, Mpumalanga. She is the former Gauteng MEC Health and Social Development. She resigned following the publication of a report from the health ombudsman on the circumstances surrounding deaths of 94 mentally ill patients, also known as The Life Healthcare Esidimeni Scamal. Since 2004, she has held various portfolio positions within Gauteng’s government, including that of Health MEC. She was first appointed in 2009, then returned to it in 2014 and 2017.

In the late 1980s, Mahlangu joined South African Youth Congress. She later joined the ANC Youth League in early 1990s. She rose through the ranks of ANC Youth League, serving in various capacities at the national and branch levels. She was a full member of the ANC Youth League and then African National Congress. In 1998 she was elected to parliament, where she served as Gauteng Whip at the National Council of Provinces. She was elected Chairperson of National Council of Provinces’ Select Committee on Finance after the 1999 elections. This position she held until 2004.

Mahlangu was appointed as Member of Executive Council in 2004 and served in the new portfolio of Local government until 2009, where she assumed oversight of local municipalities in the province. During her tenure in this position, she initiated “Operation Consolidate” which aimed at improving the council’s financial systems after the Auditor-General expressed concern over the management of the municipalities. She called for municipalities to cut services to provincial and national government departments which default on their rates and services, in a bid to improve credit control at municipal level.

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Mahlangu fired the board and its chair, Prince Mafojane, in 2012 when they questioned her decision to relocate from Bramley in the north of Johannesburg to the new Department of Economic Development building in Johannesburg City Centre. The members of the board took the matter to the Supreme Court of Appeals South Africa and won the case on 27 May 2013. The court ruled that “she acted with an ulterior purpose, to pressurize the Board into accommodating, in a building owned by it, a commercial entity named by her”, furthermore it ruled that the decision to terminate the membership of all the members of the Board set aside, and the court expressed displeasure at the high-handed manner in which MEC behaved”.

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Qedani Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Qedani Mahlangu celebrates birthday on May 12 of every year.

In 2015, Mahlangu announced her department’s decision to terminate its contract with private hospital group Life Healthcare and its Life Esidimeni psychiatric facilities to save money, as the department was paying R320 per day per patient to Life Esidimeni. The bulk of state-subsidised patients would be moved to the care of cheaper community-based organisations. Mahlangu encountered huge public opposition, but went ahead with her decision. Experts, families and activists warned that the organisations could not provide the high-level care most Life Esidimeni patients needed. On 13 September 2016, in what later became known as the Life Healthcare Esidimeni Scandal, Mahlangu disclosed during an oral reply to questions from Jack Bloom, that 36 psychiatric patients that were transferred from Life Healthcare Esidimeni earlier in 2016 had died while in the care of the NGOs. This prompted the Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to request the health ombudsman Professor Malegapuru W Makgoba to investigate the deaths two days after the disclosure by Mahlangu. A report requested by the Minister of Health was finally released on 1 February 2017, after it was delayed by Mahlangu who wanted time to peruse the document, as well as an extension of time to provide feedback. The report concluded that many more than 36 patients had died and recommended that Mahlangu’s suitability as MEC be reconsidered.