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How the Constitutional Court battered NHI
Given the substantial overreach, fact that apex court has made this ruling is no surprise.
25 June 2026
Given the substantial overreach, fact that apex court has made this ruling is no surprise.
Politicians who do not observe diligently will get their futures directed to them by the ballot box.
The only health policy decision that government seems determined to implement is the ANC’s ideological NHI.
This article was first published by Business Day on 24 February 2025 There was much interest on the reported deal between DA leader John Steenhuisen and monitoring, planning and
The ANC could do well to modernise with more centrist policies that are not only constitutionally compliant but also deliver to a now largely urbanised and savvy electorate.
As far as populist and socialist policies go it doesn’t get much worse than the NHI.
It is abundantly clear that the resource argument that underpins the NHI policy is a hopeless fallacy.
There are virtually no successes to which the ANC can point, leaving deflection as its only strategic option. Add to this that national elections are only a few months away, and this will be a paramount strategy for the ANC to maintain.
The National Health Insurance (NHI) proposes to centralise and monopolise the funding of all healthcare in South Africa through the establishment of a new state-owned enterprise, the NHI Fund.