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Is tax alone enough to pay for the National Health Insurance?
Health
/ 3 March 2025

Is tax alone enough to pay for the National Health Insurance?

The NHI Act says funding healthcare for all should come from tax but economic growth is in a vice and many people are without jobs

By Linda Pretorius and Jacques Verryn
Why SA needs to get a grip on diabetes – fast
Health
/ 18 February 2025

Why SA needs to get a grip on diabetes – fast

About 60 000 South Africans die in a year from diseases that are not caused by tuberculosis or HIV before they turn 70, and about a fifth of these are from diabetes

By Zano Kunene
Research finds fitness trackers increase physical activity
Sci-tech
/ 17 May 2022

Research finds fitness trackers increase physical activity

During the Covid-19 lockdown many people discovered the benefits of wearables in maintaining fitness goals

By Nafisa Akabor
The sugar tax is working. Experts say we should double it to WHO-recommended levels
Health
/ 21 September 2021

The sugar tax is working. Experts say we should double it to WHO-recommended levels

The financial and public health cost of diabetes, as well as diabetes-related blindness and kidney failures, is being overlooked, health advocates say

By Adèle Sulcas

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