Charlotte Maxeke row deepens as DA MPL refuses to retract ‘false’ medicine shortage claim
DA member of the Gauteng provincial legislature (MPL), Madeleine Hicklin, has refused to issue a public correction over her claims that patients at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) were being denied essential medicines, despite the Gauteng Department of Health accusing her of spreading misleading information.
Gauteng health department accuses Hicklin of factual error over Charlotte Maxeke essential medicines dispute.
The department maintained that while challenges exist within the health system, these were continuously managed through established clinical and supply chain processes, and it called on public representatives to verify information before making public statements and to correct the record once inaccuracies are identified.
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