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The NHI Act removes the autonomy of provincial governments to execute healthcare service delivery initiatives and shifts it to the national government.

In the tragic theatre of Western Cape's health system, budget cuts take their toll, forcing a dramatic reduction in daily surgeries, causing a backlog of thousands, and turning what were once elective procedures into urgent medical emergencies.

Amongst the intricacies of South Africa’s healthcare landscape, a silent but significant challenge lurks - the prevalence of rare diseases.

Activists have criticised EC premier Oscar Mabuyane’s decision to ‘second’ the head of health to a special unit in his office.

‘We will fight, we will soldier on even to the extent that we will ensure that we bring upon the introduction of the basic income grant, we are close to it, we are making steady progress towards it.’ — Social Development Acting Director-General Linton Mchunu.

One of the country's most insidious forms of normalised systemic corruption by government officials is the usage of state funds to fight their personal legal battles.

The corruption in our public sector is wide reaching and even our hospitals are affected.

A classic case of too little care, too late — this is how one official summarised the findings of an audit into the high numbers of deaths that occurred in the Eastern Cape during the second wave of Covid-19 infections. Despite the sometimes angry insistence of Premier Oscar Mabuyane and his...

John Maytham speaks to Prof Alex van den Heever about the possible implementation of a permanent basic income grant.

Public safety guidelines for Covid-19 are long overdue for review as we learn to live with infection. And as protocols shift to personal risk assessment and personal responsibility, a divided society is in for reality checks too.