Motsoaledi said the remaining repairs were concentrated in the parts of the hospital that had suffered the worst fire damage. Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi has revealed that more than R353 million has been spent so far on repairing and restoring the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, which was gutted by a fire in 2021. Charlotte Maxeke Hospital fire repair costs breakdownAccording to figures supplied by the minister, the total amount spent since the project began was R353 669 357.83. Motsoaledi said the money had been spent progressively since the 2022/2023 financial year, with spending rising sharply as reconstruction work intensified. The minister explained that the completed work included structural repairs and the demolition and reconstruction of fire-damaged areas.