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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
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BLOOD SUGAR

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

  • Zano Kunene
7 min read