It is deeply worrying that, with South Africa facing a debt crisis, the government talks up its National Health Insurance (NHI) proposal as the answer to ailing...News Release
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s appeal to the country in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis to support the government’s National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme for...Weekly Roundup
All private hospitals in Nelson Mandela Bay have suspended non-urgent surgeries and admissions and two are bringing staff from other provinces as facilities are hit by a...South Africa
The Competition Commission has indicated there has been no push-back by private health-care companies after the tabling of a damning report into their conduct. A...
March 4th, 2020
The National Health Insurance (NHI) is protected from government-wide budget cuts, according to the National Treasury. But there is also a hint in the Budget of...
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that public hearings show "broad support" for National Health Insurance and that South Africans "must move away from a culture driven...
February 26th, 2020
The travesty is not that income level determines access to quality healthcare, writes Dr Eugene Brink, of Afriforum, on Politicsweb. "The real travesty is that the ANC...
February 12th, 2020
The National Health Insurance (NHI) roadshows currently crossing the country amply illustrate the horror ordinary citizens suffer under poorly delivered public health...
In a failure that could intensify concerns about the administration of the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI), a multi-billion-rand government fund that...
February 5th, 2020
The State Liability Amendment Bill, which has been "panned by critics and left gathering dust", needs to be updated in line with a recent precedent-setting High...
