by Hein Marais | Jul 26, 2009
Theme: This paper examines the impact of the global economic recession on South Africa’s economy and society, the ways in which the country’s government has chosen to respond to that crisis, and its likely social and political fall-out. Summary: Despite initial...
by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 7, 2009
1 July 2009 The proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system would address the economic imbalances in South Africa and ensure that all its people had access to decent health care, says Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. The NHI is based on the premise that South...
by John Biermann | Aug 7, 2009
45% of SA patients receive private health care What the SA public needs is accurate figures on which to base their assessment of the proposal to introduce a NHI system. What the SA public needs more than anything else is accurate figures on which to base their...
by James Myburgh | Aug 7, 2009
09 July 2009 James Myburgh asks whether the ANC is capable of correcting its own mistakes The defeat of Thabo Mbeki’s third term ambitions at Polokwane in December 2007 has brought with it some of the advantages of an alternation in government, even as the...
by Neil Nair | Aug 7, 2009
Cape Times 9 July 2009 The pious rhetoric and feigned concern for the workability of the National Health Insurance for South Africa, by the private sector (largely open medical schemes) underlies their fear of a reduction in profits. The lack of consultation has oft...