The Health Justice Initiative (HJI) says the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill provides no clarity on how medicine selection, procurement, pricing and access will be managed to ensure broad medicine access. HJI founder, Fatima Hassan says it’s unclear how the…
The ongoing struggles in South Africa’s public healthcare system, including staff shortages, poor infrastructure and surgery backlogs, came under the spotlight on Tuesday when parliamentarians raised their concerns with Health Minister Joe Phaahla. The minister was delivering his department’s budget…
Three significant health-related bills are currently before Parliament, and if passed, could save lives and ensure sustainable futures. We break them down for you. 1. Creating a safe industry for future sex workers On 30 November 2022, Cabinet approved publishing…
Experts have expressed doubt over whether the Bill to decriminalise sex work in South Africa will be tabled before parliament by the end of the year. Acting Chairperson of the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE), Nomasonto Mazibuko, said they…
Three NHI clauses on the contracting unit for primary healthcare were deliberated in the National Assembly on Wednesday. Health Minister Dr Joe Phaala and his DG, Dr Nicholas Crisp’s absence was flagged before the meeting began. Clauses 37, 38 and…
