Gauteng health department official Babita Deokaran, a key witness in a tender scandal, was gunned down. (PHOTO: FACEBOOK / BABITA DEOKARAN MEMORIAL PAGE)
Babita Deokaran was a corruption whistle-blower within the Gauteng Department of Health, who was assassinated outside her home during Women's Month in 2021.
YOU spoke with her family shortly after the incident.
Just a few weeks ago her older brother and his wife fell ill with Covid-19.
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