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If R182m meant for an already buckling health system can be poured into PR with so few checks, imagine the risks when the NHI becomes the country’s single, centralised purchaser of healthcare.
This October, I will wear black, not as a symbol of despair, but as an act of reflection and, frankly, of grief. To mourn the preventable suffering we have allowed to become normal.
News that the country’s largest fuel refinery is to be reopened – and expanded considerably – has stirred Durban fence-line communities who fear a resumption of noxious petrochemical fumes seeping in to their homes and lungs.
You may not know her name, but South African lawyer and bioethicist Kwanele Asante has spent two decades pushing health institutions — from Soweto to the United Nations – to listen to the people their policies are meant to serve. Sean Christie traces a life defined, from birth, by healthcare.
The Political Funding Act has failed to provide transparency as to who is donating money to the various political parties. What is needed is mandatory, proactive disclosure of beneficial ownership information to ensure voters can track actual political influence ahead of elections.
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