On political Analysis we look at an interesting article written by Lisa Vetten, a gender violence specialist titled “What Life Esidimeni and Gauteng’s late payment of NGOs have in common”. The way in which Gauteng's social development department has treated nonprofits' funding this year reminds, to some extent, of the provincial health department's conduct in the Life Esidimeni saga. Lisa Vetten writes why it's important that government's decision-makers be held accountable.