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Last week, we lodged our papers challenging the National Health Insurance Act. Unsurprisingly, there was significant media interest in the grounds for our action, with

This week’s news has been full of discussion about whether the Public Investment Corporation, which manages the Government Employee Pension Fund assets, should fund aspects

In the first episode of a HASA-sponsored limited series of podcasts that examine the critical issues in universal healthcare, Dr Lungi Nyathi speaks about the

While the debates about the National Health Insurance Bill and the missing pen needed to sign it continue, what immediate actions could assist healthcare consumers

On the day it was reported that the President was poised to sign the National Health Insurance Bill, the media also featured the following headlines:

Views expressed are the writer’s and do not reflect the views of HASA. By Elsabé Brits In 2023, the world experienced the hottest global temperatures

All views expressed in this blog are solely the writer’s. By Elsabé Brits One of the most extensive observational studies so far of “super-agers” (people

By Elsabé Brits “When I think about my career, I don’t think of it as a story. It is stories. Fugitive visions, like Prokofiev’s piano

As South Africa continues on the road towards adopting National Health Insurance, experts have warned that a sluggish economy, centralised state entities and an underperforming