Babita Deokaran · Acting CFO Gauteng Health
Acting Chief Director Financial Accounting, Gauteng Dept of Health · Gauteng Department of Health
A senior Gauteng Health Department finance official who allegedly identified more than R850 million in suspicious procurement payments at Tembisa Hospital. She was shot and killed outside her Johannesburg home on 23 August 2021, days after flagging fraud and reportedly warning that her life was in danger. Six men were convicted as triggermen; masterminds were still disputed in open reporting as of 2026. She is widely described as a whistleblower.
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
Babita Deokaran 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 SufferedBabita Deokaran 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.