BUDGET SPEECH 2024 PREVIEW Stagnating economy, ballooning wage bill and struggling tax base – Godongwana’s Herculean task 5 min 29 By Ed Stoddard and Neesa Moodley
BALANCING ACTS OP-ED No major tax shocks expected in Enoch Godongwana’s Budget speech 5 min 0 By Charles de Wet
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SA Medical Association will be ‘looking for a pen’ to contest NHI Bill if Ramaphosa signs into law 5 min 6 By Takudzwa Pongweni
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: You may prefer to sit out Sona 2024. Don’t 4 min 34 By Unknown Author
DISORDERED HEALTHCARE OP-ED Cost of not treating mental health is much more than a human rights issue 5 min 0 By Hlombekazi Sybil Majokweni, Stephan Rabie, Stefani du Toit and John Joska
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Why the passing of the NHI Bill demonstrates the obliviousness and ignorance of SA’s political class 7 min 11 By Tim Cohen
DIRE FINANCIAL STRAITS SA’s delivery of crucial services under threat after Treasury desperately calls for public 'fiscal consolidation’ 10 min 24 By Caryn Dolley, Msindisi Fengu, Mark Heywood and Ray Mahlaka
BHEKISISA OP-ED NHI – the problem with trying to kill two birds with one stone 5 min 1 By Dave Martin
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED There are paths to quality universal healthcare besides NHI 7 min 1 By Unknown Author
HEALTHCARE Court orders Council for Medical Schemes to cough up source documents on low-cost benefit options 3 min 6 By Neesa Moodley
LETTER FROM THE DM168 EDITOR Deep dives into the underworld, our dysfunctional capital city and the Karpowership saga 4 min 8 By Heather Robertson
PARLIAMENT ANC gets its 'revolutionary' NHI legislation adopted despite opposition criticism and likely litigation 4 min 51 By Marianne Merten
SPOTLIGHT Ramaphosa proclaims ‘health revolution’ at second Presidential Health Summit 6 min 2 By Ufrieda Ho
SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW Lambasting Mbeki, sidestepping Mandela… and a dose of empathy – outgoing health ombud Malegapuru Makgoba on a storied career 8 min 1 By Biénne Huisman
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Urgent course correction needed on climate change, economic policy and NHI 6 min 0 By Louis Reynolds
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Underinvestment in healthcare infrastructure will cost SA in the long run 6 min 0 By Mbali Baduza and Matshidiso Lencoasa
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED NHI Bill must still clear many hurdles to ensure adequate medicine access 7 min 1 By Yanga Nokhepheyi, Marlise Richter and Fatima Hassan
BHEKISISA CENTRE FOR HEALTH JOURNALISM ‘They fail us, year in and year out’ — why community health workers are ditching unions 6 min 0 By Nicole Ludolph
