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Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says medical aids cost too much. Will tax alone be enough to pay for NHI? We look at the numbers. (GCIS)
AGING POPULATION

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

  • Linda Pretorius
  • Jacques Verryn
8 min read
Accidental deaths: Products readily available in local shops are bought to deal with problems such as rats. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CHILDREN DIE ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING

Naledi residents still seek answers after six children die of poisoning

The health minister said that there was no direct link between the children’s deaths and the products consumed from the local spaza shops

  • Aarti Bhana
6 min read
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told a media briefing on Monday that while the toxicology reports confirm that organophosphate was responsible for the deaths of the children, authorities are yet to determine whether the substance is present in the spaza shops in Soweto
CHILDREN DIE ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING

Pesticide killed six children in Soweto, report shows

The police are yet to determine whether the organophosphate is linked to the spaza shops where the children bought chips

  • Aarti Bhana
2 min read
South Africa’s provincial health departments are being crippled by lawsuits against them for negligence. But not all of the cases are legit. File photo
DODGY LAWYERS SOUTH AFRICA

Which South African province faces the highest medical negligence payouts?

The Northern Cape could spend four times more per case than Gauteng, even though its health budget is far smaller.

  • Zano Kunene
6 min read