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Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war?

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has met the South African Medical Association — one of the organisations taking him to court about the National Health Insurance Act — to talk…

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Ramaphosa pauses NHI implementation pending Constitutional Court ruling

The Constitutional Court will hear challenges to the National Health Insurance Act from 5 to 7 May 2026

‘Still a daughter of Johannesburg’: The Democratic Alliance’s federal chair, Helen Zille, now wants to fix Johannesburg if she’s elected mayor. Photo: DA/Helen Zille

Zille goes all in for Joburg top job

The Democratic Alliance federal chair declined to commit to a time frame within which she planned to fix the city’s problems if elected mayor

Moo-ving money: A Special Tribunal heard that former health minister Zweli Mkhize, his wife May and their son Dedani concealed R11.5 million redirected from the Digital Vibes company during the Covid pandemic. Photo: File

R11.5m Digital Vibes funds laundered through bogus cattle sales, SIU says

New evidence in the matter suggests that former health minister Zweli Mkhize and his family received funds funnelled through the sale of cattle and the purchase of a farm

‘Unsupervised, unstructured, non-standardised, unsafe and altogether substandard.’ This is what was said about the care at two public hospitals in the Northern Cape last year. But is the way quality is measured a fair test? (Delwyn Verasamy)

Unsafe and substandard. Is that what public healthcare in SA looks like?

Claims of poor standards at South Africa’s government health facilities are often bandied about — and get hackles raised when the National Health Insurance is mentioned, to boot

Innovation in the health system is not a luxury, it is a necessity in the South African context. Photo: Denvor de Wee/Gallo Images/Foto24)

NHI: Innovations could help universal healthcare become a reality

Investment in African-led, context-specific technology such as 3D printing and artificial intelligence is vital

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana did not announce a budget allocation to plug the gap created by the termination of USAid funding to HIV/Aids organisations (Photo by Luke Dray/Getty Images)

No allocations for Pepfar in health budget

The recent termination of USAid to HIV/Aids and TB organisations in South Africa was a bone of contention in the 2025 budget

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)

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

Young people understand social media dynamics, peer-to-peer communication and community mobilisation in ways that can be used improve health services. Photo: Bulungula Incubator

Rural areas need community health workers — and so does the NHI

‘Nnomakhayas’ understand a community’s values, practices and problems, as well as modern medicine, making them effective carers

The NHI is a constitutional Imperative for universal healthcare

The National Health Insurance scheme can work, this is how

The NHI is a constitutional Imperative for universal healthcare

Democratic Alliance federal council chairperson Helen Zille. (Marco Longari/AFP)

Helen Zille is a ‘problem’ for the GNU and undermines John Steenhuisen as a leader, says ANCYL’s Collen Malatji

The ANCYL president says they will remove president Cyril Ramaphosa if things don’t improve

President Cyril Ramaphosa, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen, and  Deputy President Paul Mashatile.
(File photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)

Beef builds up in the cabinet clearing house

Paul Mashatile’s committee already has enough disputes between coalition partners to keep it busy every week for the next five years

Advancing healthcare: African solutions for a global stage to top the agenda when Africa’s largest medical conference moves to the Mother City in October

Africa Health Exhibition & Congress is a platform for professional networking, learning from thought leaders, and engaging with healthcare innovation

The NHI is a constitutional Imperative for universal healthcare (Dylan Bush)
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PODCAST | Is there hope for changes to the NHI Act?

By the end of October, Business Unity South Africa (Busa) will submit a proposal to President Cyril Rampahosa with solutions to their concerns about the National Health Insurance…

Charm offensive: President Cyril Ramaphosa not only wooed the
United Nations, he also championed the Gaza cause and found time for
Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskiy (right). Photo: Anadolu/Getty Images

So far so good as Ramaphosa’s GNU nears the 100 day mark

Cyril’s away game can’t be faulted, like Mikel Arteta’s 2024 Arsenal, but with no red cards

In 2023, under president Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa ranked 94 out of 165 countries in economic freedom. This is the lowest since 1994, according to the Economic Freedom of the World Report. (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Smaller government and increased privatisation will boost GNU economy, says think tank

The FMF Charter says the size of cabinet should be reduced and policy changes introduced to benefit the poor and create jobs

While the country continues to debate the future of healthcare reform through National Health Insurance (NHI), millions of South Africans are dealing with a far more immediate reality which is the rising cost of accessing care today

Doctors launch digital solution to boost health literacy in South Africa

The digital solution was designed to inform patients, improve healthcare outcomes and protect doctors

John Steenhuisen, image by Delwyn Verasamy

Steenhuisen: NHI bill a populist stunt before the elections

The Democratic Alliance leader urged supporters at a rally in Benoni to use their pens on 29 May to bring an end to the ANC government

Image credits: Delwyn Verasamy

Steenhuisen calls on South Africans to strip the ANC of its majority

Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen asked voters to give his party a chance

Go well: David Masondo, the deputy finance minister, says the treasury will look into why firms such as Shell are pulling out of South Africa.

David Masondo bullish on capital flight

The deputy finance minister also says liberalising the energy sector is key to growing the economy