TAKING CARE The gig economy: Video doctors on the frontlines of the Uberisation of healthcare 4 min 2 By Lindsey Schutters
BHEKISISA OP-ED Tick-box consultations won’t save NHI, changing governance structures might 6 min 1 By Tim Tucker, Mina Haji, Susan Cleary and Geetesh Solanki
SYSTEMIC ILLNESS Maladministration, not foreigners, to blame for state of South African healthcare 4 min 0 By Yeshiel Panchia
PARLIAMENT Putting a price on health — five key takeaways from Minister Motsoaledi’s budget vote address 5 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
‘PROCEDURALLY FLAWED’ Health Funders Association launches latest legal challenge to NHI Act, calling legislation ‘unworkable’ 5 min 4 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Controversy and cautious hope collide as Masechaba Sesing heads up Free State health department 3 min 0 By Ufrieda Ho for Spotlight
BOOST FOR STATE HOSPITALS South Africa's healthcare crisis: 1,200 doctors hired, yet only 200 nurses approved for recruitment 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
LEGAL SHOWDOWN Prescription for victory: Board of Healthcare Funders to appeal against judgment in favour of Council for Medical Schemes 3 min 0 By Lisakanya Venna
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH — 31-5 MARCH This week — Africa Children’s Summit, Children and Climate Change Lecture, Young Farmers’ Indaba 4 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Now for the good news — crime is less ridiculously high 2 min 0 By Tim Cohen
STARK DISPARITIES Decades of neglect: Oral health crisis demands urgent policy reform and action 5 min 0 By Sudeshni Naidoo and Habib Benzian
BUDGET 2025 WEBINAR Unpacking South Africa’s 2025 budget speech — challenges, dynamics and implications 5 min 1 By Lisakanya Venna
SPOTLIGHT Will new healthcare tariff framework finally tame South Africa’s rising medical costs? 8 min 1 By Chris Bateman for Spotlight
BHEKISISA Is tax alone enough to pay for NHI? We looked at the funding options — here are our sums 7 min 1 By Linda Pretorius and Jacques Verryn
REFORM MEASURES Ministers unveil interim fix for private healthcare pricing crisis 4 min 0 By Yeshiel Panchia
SPOTLIGHT InsideTheBox: Essential medicines — balancing cost, effectiveness and access in healthcare systems 5 min 0 By Dr Andy Gray for Spotlight
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE NHI fund will take decades to roll out — we answer your burning questions 4 min 25 By Ferial Haffajee
BHEKISISA Empowering health: the vital role of nomakhayas in South Africa's path to universal coverage 6 min 0 By Sigrid Kite-Banks
SPOTLIGHT 2025 healthcare dilemmas: Will South Africa embrace NHI reforms amid worker shortage challenges? 5 min 0 By Marcus Low
BOOZE LEVY OP-ED Government’s review of alcohol taxes a good start to help save public health system 5 min 4 By Russell Rensburg and Kenneth Jacobs
