Legal Articles and Guides
Mavuso scathing about NHI funding
The National Health Insurance (NHI) is just a vote-earning fantasy and charade, according Busi Mavuso, CEO of Business Leadership SA (BLSA).
NHI anxiety is justified
Health system reform is both necessary and possible, says UCT public policy Professor Anthony Butler, adding poorly run and exclusionary health systems undermine education, discourage entrepreneurship, reduce worker productivity and slow economic growth.
Why the NHI ‘pantomime’ will collapse
The passing of the National Health Insurance Bill by Parliament is yet another act in a ‘pantomime’ government seems intent on performing.
Tembisa Hospital's numerous infant deaths flagged
The Gauteng Health Department has reported that 788 newborns died at Tembisa Hospital due to infections, immaturity-related complications, hypoxia and congenital anomalies since 2020, reports News24.
Crackdown on bogus doctors gains momentum
The nationwide crackdown on health-care practitioners operating illegally is gaining momentum with arrests made around the country, Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) has noted.
Court orders hospital to abort teen’s pregnancy
Non-profit organisation Section27 has welcomed the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) decision to grant an order compelling the Gauteng Department of Health to take action after a pregnant teenager was denied access to termination of pregnancy services at a primary public health-care facility in Gauteng.
Gauteng to hold hospital CEOs accountable over claims
The Gauteng Health Department was facing medico-legal claims worth R20.8bn as of the end of March this year, MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko said during her department's budget vote in the Gauteng legislature last week.
Judgment on access to life-saving medication delayed
June Bellamy's 83-year-old mother got Covid-19 in March 2022 and was in intensive care for two weeks. She was diagnosed with heart disease.
Suspend load shedding in Hammanskraal
Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease which spreads through contaminated water or food. More than 50 people are currently being treated for the disease in Hammanskraal, where it has already claimed the lives of 15 individuals.
Discovery turns to SCA over R25m payment ruling
Discovery Life will apply for leave to appeal against a Gauteng High Court order to pay R25m to a man deemed unable to work as a stockbroker.
Anti-gay pastor says he won't be gagged
A Cape Town pastor is refusing to be gagged by the Equality Court and has vowed to continue to teach biblical views on sexuality, despite these being deemed as discriminating and inciting hatred against the gay community, reports Weekend Argus.
R22m set aside to remove asbestos roofs
Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has revealed a total of R220m has been set aside for the removal of asbestos roofs in government-built houses, The Herald notes asbestos roofing was banned by the government in 2008 because of the material’s links to cancer and chronic lung disease.
SCA dismisses RAF medical aid claims appeal
The Road Accident Fund (RAF), which refuses to settle medical aid claims, says it will approach the Constitutional Court after its application against Discovery Health was thrown out by the SCA, reports The Citizen.
Discovery seeks to appeal stockbroker's payout order
Discovery Life has filed a notice for leave to appeal a High Court judgment that ordered it to pay a former stockbroker, who was charged and acquitted of murdering his girlfriend, more than R25m after it previously repudiated his permanent disability claim.
Hermanus residents turn to SCA for eviction relief
Paradise Park Holiday Resort residents in Hermanus, who are fighting against being evicted, have approached the SCA for relief, reports the Cape Times.
