Can South Africa fix its health system before the courts decide its fate?
Daily Maverick | 19.03.2026 18:43
Fewer than two years after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the National Health Insurance Act (NHI) into law in May 2024, South Africa’s most ambitious health reform since the end of apartheid is effectively frozen – caught between a government determined to push it through and a growing chorus of opponents who say it is unworkable, unaffordable and unconstitutional.
