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One year after the fire at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Johannesburg Hospital, there’s damning evidence of missteps and delays in maintaining health and safety standards, and sabotage and incompetence in managing the rebuild. With dire knock-on effects for the province’s healthcare system.

Saturday marks exactly a year since parts of the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital were gutted by a blaze – and the facility is nowhere near full functionality.

Members of the National Council of Provinces have been conducting an oversight visit at the hospital.

After almost a year, the Gauteng Health Department announced a strategic reset for repairs at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital.

It’s been 10 months of stuttered progress, missed deadlines and limited communication on why the Gauteng provincial government has been unable to get Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital fully reopened after a fire last April.

The aim is to get Charlotte Maxeke fully operational by 2023. Can staff and patients hang on till then?

The Gauteng Department of Health has taken over the reconstruction of the hospital from the provincial Department of Infrastructure Development