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The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) has described the government's R3 billion healthcare funding allocation as "grossly inadequate," calling it "a drop in the ocean" compared to what's needed to address the country's healthcare crisis and implement the National Health Insurance scheme
Only deliberate action will resolve many of the issues that affect the country, which include debilitating levels of poverty, joblessness and inequality. Austerity is not a solution.
For many diabetics, the constant fear of complications is the leading cause of stress, affecting 86% of individuals.
A new study found that the benefits of quitting smoking extend beyond younger adults, showing significant health gains for seniors who quit later in life.
The Democrats are just as complicit as Republican Trump, for refusing to recognise the sexual reproductive rights of women, writes Phakamile Hlubi-Majola.
In the upcoming Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, Cosatu calls for a stimulus-focused approach to support struggling state enterprises and create sustainable jobs.
Bill Gates discussed the potential of AI to improve healthcare and education during Oprah Winfrey’s AI special, presenting a positive vision for the future of the technology.
Gauteng ramps up healthcare facility upgrades as it prepares for the National Health Insurance (NHI) rollout by 2025.
The Health Department has set its sights on introducing “fairer compensation” for patients who experienced medical injuries as one of the ways to reduce medico-legal claims.
He's being praised for his tough approach to crime and internal corruption. Zohra Teke speaks to the man everyone's talking about - KZN Police Commissioner, General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
The DA remains vehemently opposed to NHI in its current form, while the ANC maintains it will not back down on its rollout following its signing into law.
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John Steenhuisen said there are elements of the NHI that are good, but there are elements that his party disagrees with, and seeks to refine those elements through negotiation.
In this system, life becomes commodified, and the natural processes of ageing and dying are medicalised in ways that can strip away the essence of what makes life meaningful, writes Gillian Schutte.
There is a global shift rightwards in many countries, and South Africa is no exception.
From progressive and socialist perspectives, the NHI represents a critical step toward addressing the deep-seated inequities by ensuring that all South Africans, regardless of their economic status, have access to good health care.
Through the HHH Campaign, Hani, the leadership “H” of the campaign, if you like, was taking forward the struggle to achieve the demands of the people of South Africa who faced colonisation, apartheid and related oppression between 1652 and 1994.
The NHI Bill, aimed at ensuring equal healthcare for all South Africans, has been signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa. This article examines the legislative process that transformed the NHI Bill from a proposal into law.
Cuba has established the best healthcare system in the world, free of charge to all its citizens by totally overhauling the profit based system of healthcare, says the writer.
The bill has come under scrutiny from all quarters and while there are those threatening legal action, the bill will not be implemented for years to come.
Even if the ANC manages to cobble together a post-elections coalition, the fractious internal dynamics of the ANC would see Ramaphosa fighting an uphill battle to fend off challengers.
The facility has 148 beds to provide intermediate care to patients who are medically stable but are unable to be discharged, but do not require acute care and would be able to fully recuperate without congesting the hospital platform.
“We urgently call on you to re-examine your budget spreadsheets, realign your fiscal priorities to Health, Education and Basic Services, and put the well-being of our people first. ” - Open letter to Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and Provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities Mireille Wenger.
Unemployed doctors are urging the South African government to rework their budget, as hundreds of unemployed healthcare workers remain unemployed.
After scores of unemployed doctors and medical students marched in Pietermaritzburg on Monday to hand in their CVs at the KZN Department of Health, we take a look at what the government plans to do about the healthcare crisis plaguing South Africa.