After more than R1 billion was spent trying to rescue South Africa's flagship military hospital, the government is now considering building a new one.
The proposal has ignited outrage in Parliament, where MPs are demanding answers over how billions of rand were spent on the refurbishment of 1 Military Hospital in ThabaTshwane while large sections of the facility remain incomplete more than two decades later.
Even more troubling are allegations that forensic investigations uncovered corruption, tender irregularities, and wasteful expenditure, yet years later nobody has been held accountable.
Now, after decades of delays and repeated promises, the hospital once regarded as one of the finest military healthcare facilities on the continent remains unable to provide the full range of specialised services expected of a Level 4 military referral hospital.
For many MPs, the question is simple: if more than R1 billion could not fix the existing hospital, why should taxpayers fund another one?
