John Steenhuisen is perhaps one of the ANC’s biggest detractors. A firebrand in Parliament and an outspoken favourite in the DA, he’s no stranger to giving Mzansi’s ruling party the business. However, during a Cape Town press conference on Thursday, there was no wordplay – nor were there any trademark barbs. Indeed, the cigar handed..
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John Steenhuisen: “ANC-regime turned the state capture into state collapse”
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The real reason SA’s doctors won’t deliver your baby
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Medico-legal litigation has exploded. As of March 2016, claims against the health department from the previous five years stood at more than R37‑billion. By October that year, the figure had jumped to R51‑billion — or a third of the whole public healthcare budget if we had to pay every cent.
The medico-legal litigation pandemic threatens not only our health system but also the very existence of our mothers and children.
When some see these figures, their first reaction is to condemn the health department and accuse it of absolute carelessness. Please be careful before drawing such conclusions. Ask yourself first: But what has changed?
It is common knowledge that, over the decades, an overwhelming number of medico-legal litigation cases were lodged against the Road Accident Fund (RAF).
The RAF has since been litigated into a state of near-bankruptcy and is finding it difficult to even pay legitimate claims. The minister of finance has tried to raise th
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National Health Insurance could see mass emigration of SA doctors
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With doctors already a scarce resource in South Africa, the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) legislation could see a large number of medical professionals skip the country. Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi presented the controversial bill last week, along with the Medical Schemes Amendment Bill which, if implemented, could see a huge shakeup in both..
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The real reason SA’s doctors won’t deliver your baby
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Medico-legal litigation has exploded. As of March 2016, claims against the health department from the previous five years stood at more than R37‑billion. By October that year, the figure had jumped to R51‑billion — or a third of the whole public healthcare budget if we had to pay every cent. The medico-legal litigation pandemic threatens..
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