Lerato Madyo
Former acting CFO, Gauteng Department of Health · Gauteng Department of Health
Acting CFO of the Gauteng Department of Health; prosecutors and oversight reporting alleged she froze then allowed suspicious payments that Babita Deokaran had flagged. She resigned in August 2024 before a disciplinary outcome was finalised. Criminal charges were reported in October 2025 citing PRECCA and PFMA offences alongside fraud counts. Presumed innocent until proven guilty.
13 moments on the public record
Syndicate activity begins at Tembisa Hospital
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedProcurement fraud accelerates — multi-year looting window
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedBabita Deokaran flags over R850 million in suspicious payments
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedBabita Deokaran assassinated outside her Johannesburg home
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedSix suspects arrested for Deokaran murder
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedSIU investigation begins — Gauteng Premier referral
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedPresidential Proclamation 136 of 2023 — SIU formally authorised
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedSix Deokaran murder triggermen convicted
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedSpecial Tribunal preservation order — roughly R900 million in assets
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedSIU interim report: R2.043 billion allegedly looted by syndicate clusters
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedCriminal charges against former Gauteng Health CFO Lerato Madyo
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedSting: Tembisa official and Hawks sergeant arrested over alleged SIU bribe
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedWhatsApp traffic — Matlala and Deokaran lines (January 2026)
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedCurrent legal status
Lerato Madyo has 3 charge-related events on record
Sting: Tembisa official and Hawks sergeant arrested over alleged SIU bribe
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedCriminal charges against former Gauteng Health CFO Lerato Madyo
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedLerato Madyo is not listed on a national commission of inquiry in The Record yet—new coverage may add this over time.
Mentioned in 1 story
Six suspects arrested for Deokaran murder
In story: Tembisa Hospital: R2 Billion Looted While Patients SufferedConstitutional reminder · s35(3)(h)
Charged does not mean convicted. Every person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
This panel lists procedural events — an arrest or charge is a step in the criminal justice process, not a verdict.