National Health Insurance

Shop Support DM Logo

Investigations

Scorpio Our burning planet amabhungane Declassified UK

News & Analysis

Business Maverick Maverick Citizen Sport Newsdeck Maverick News Nelson Mandela Bay Johannesburg

Features

Opinionistas Maverick Life TGIFood Blog Podcasts Webinars Zapiro Cartoons Op-eds

Newspaper

E-edition Subscribe Delivery Queries

DM is much better if you are signed in...

Enter your email below and we will send you a mail with a link or one-time pin to login

Sign in with password
Sign in with OAuth

Get Support DM Shop Support DM

National Health Insurance

Health Funders Association launches latest legal challenge to NHI Act, calling legislation ‘unworkable’

South Africa, Maverick News

Health Funders Association launches latest legal challenge to NHI Act, calling legislation ‘unworkable’

by: Tamsin Metelerkamp

Controversy and cautious hope collide as Masechaba Sesing heads up Free State health department

South Africa, Maverick Citizen, Op-eds

Controversy and cautious hope collide as Masechaba Sesing heads up Free State health department

by: Ufrieda Ho for Spotlight

South Africa's healthcare crisis: 1,200 doctors hired, yet only 200 nurses approved for recruitment

Maverick News

South Africa's healthcare crisis: 1,200 doctors hired, yet only 200 nurses approved for recruitment

by: Estelle Ellis

Prescription for victory: Board of Healthcare Funders to appeal against judgment in favour of Council for Medical Schemes

Business Maverick, South Africa

Prescription for victory: Board of Healthcare Funders to appeal against judgment in favour of Council for Medical Schemes

by: Lisakanya Venna

This week — Africa Children’s Summit, Children and Climate Change Lecture, Young Farmers’ Indaba

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

This week — Africa Children’s Summit, Children and Climate Change Lecture, Young Farmers’ Indaba

by: Lerato Mutsila

After the Bell: Now for the good news — crime is less ridiculously high

Business Maverick, South Africa

After the Bell: Now for the good news — crime is less ridiculously high

by: Tim Cohen

Decades of neglect: Oral health crisis demands urgent policy reform and action

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Decades of neglect: Oral health crisis demands urgent policy reform and action

by: Sudeshni Naidoo and Habib Benzian

Unpacking South Africa’s 2025 budget speech — challenges, dynamics and implications

Business Maverick, South Africa, Webinars, Economy

Unpacking South Africa’s 2025 budget speech — challenges, dynamics and implications

by: Lisakanya Venna

Will new healthcare tariff framework finally tame South Africa’s rising medical costs?

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Will new healthcare tariff framework finally tame South Africa’s rising medical costs?

by: Chris Bateman for Spotlight

Is tax alone enough to pay for NHI? We looked at the funding options — here are our sums

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Is tax alone enough to pay for NHI? We looked at the funding options — here are our sums

by: Linda Pretorius and Jacques Verryn

Ministers unveil interim fix for private healthcare pricing crisis

Business Maverick, South Africa

Ministers unveil interim fix for private healthcare pricing crisis

by: Yeshiel Panchia

InsideTheBox: Essential medicines — balancing cost, effectiveness and access in healthcare systems

Maverick Citizen, Op-eds

InsideTheBox: Essential medicines — balancing cost, effectiveness and access in healthcare systems

by: Dr Andy Gray for Spotlight