South Africa has long faced considerable health system equity challenges. In particular, 43% of total health care expenditure is attributable to private health insurance schemes, which only cover 16% of the population. General tax funding allocated to the health...
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Will South Africa finally make progress towards a universal health system? | by Di McIntyre
South Africa has long faced considerable health system equity challenges. In particular, 43% of total health care expenditure is attributable to private health insurance schemes, which only cover 16% of the population. General tax funding allocated to the health...
Corruption, Ethics and Politics: The Reproduction of Capitalism and a Ruse of History | by Paresh Chandra
Capitalism and Legality I: Corruption, Ethics and ReificationThe notion of 'corruption' is an essentially ethical one; the terms in which the issue is judged are 'good' and 'evil'. The problem with raising an ethical issue, as one can guess, is that it stays, as does...
The ties that bind: China, Angola and Zimbabwe | by Khadija Sharife
What does Manuel Vicente’s rise to top office in Angola mean for Zimbabwe, and what role does China play in all of this? Vicente is believed to be pegged at vice president by José Eduardo dos Santos – one of Africa’s longest running dictators, bound to win the next...
Spotlight on the Dodgy | by EPW
Surely the imperialists would put a stop to WikiLeaks’ exposure of their shady ways.Much of the front-page news from around the world over the last year and more cannot be understood, perhaps, without factoring in the role and effect of WikiLeaks. But today, despite...




