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Heal by numbers: We can fix mental healthcare by spending smart – but will the state buy in?

Alicestine October for Spotlight
22 Nov

The problem with debt is risk — Godongwana pushes for curb on government spending and economic structural reform

Sasha Planting
11 Nov

Rocky roads, take me home: ANC’s long-term fate may be decided in 2024 — and it won’t be a smooth trip

Stephen Grootes
07 Nov

Disorganised documents: How bad record-keeping will set back National Health Insurance

Edward Nicol, Lyn Harmer and Debbie Bradshaw
04 Nov

Released: Damning SIU report finds at least R72m fruitless and wasted, implicates Mkhize, DoH officials in Digital Vibes contract

Pieter-Louis Myburgh for Scorpio
29 Sep

We must look at the costs of NHI 20 years from now before rushing in – there are cheaper, more effective alternatives

Anja Smith, Jodi Wishnia and Shivani Ranchod
15 Sep

Ramaphosa’s economic overview to ANC lekgotla a mishmash of stale buzzwords and unrealistic goals

Ed Stoddard
05 Sep

The cost and burden of cancer: Report gives a wake-up call to avert healthcare crisis

Ufrieda Ho
02 Sep

With South Africa ranked eighth on the continent for cybersecurity, how safe is your data on the EVDS?

Laura Owings
07 Jul

The NHI Bill is the best way to attain universal health coverage and health equity

Narnia Bohler-Muller and Moremi Nkosi
06 Jun

Corruption and ministerial powers take centre stage at NHI hearings

Alicestine October for Spotlight
28 May

What SA’s Covid-19 experience tells us about NHI

Kathryn Cleary for Spotlight
03 Mar

Health budget slashed despite vaccine commitments

Daniel McLaren, Mbali Baduza, Sasha Stevenson and Julia Chaskalson
26 Feb

Zweli Mkhize’s ‘family friend’ and ex-private secretary pocket Covid-19 cash via R82m Department of Health contracts

Pieter-Louis Myburgh
23 Feb

Spotlight on 2020: Covid-19 has turned the world upside-down, but some things haven’t changed

Marcus Low for Spotlight
22 Dec 2020

The mini budget is the ideal opportunity to whack up tobacco taxes – lockdown has shown us the way

Savera Kalideen and Sharon Nyatsanza
21 Oct 2020

Here it comes: a pressure cooker of legislative priorities, oversight and must-do Budget things

Marianne Merten
14 Sep 2020

A basic income grant will transform the South African social security system

Naudé Malan
19 Aug 2020

After R45bn in irregular expenditure over 10 years, KZN health department ill prepared for Covid-19 storm

Des Erasmus
07 Aug 2020

In depth: The deals that will see public sector patients in private hospitals

Kathryn Cleary for Spotlight
23 Jun 2020

The complex juggling act of healthcare resource allocation during the Covid-19 pandemic

Solomon Benatar
09 Jun 2020