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SAMA diagnoses NHI bill with uncertainty and appeals to the NCOP to reject the bill in its current state

By Daanyaal Matthews  The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has appealed to the National Council of Provinces to reject the National Health Insurance bill as it currently stands. The organization, that represents over ten thousand medical professionals, has cited issues of uncertainty regarding how the bill would effectively deal with challenges presented with public health infrastructure and the shortage of medical professionals.   Speaking on VOC Breakfast on Tuesday morning, […]

today25 July 2023

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Ramaphosa denies receiving ‘illegal dirty dollars’

President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed as unfounded the Democratic Alliance (DA) Chief Whip in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Cathlene Labuschagne’s assertion that he accepted what she calls dirty dollars that were brought into the country illegally. Ramaphosa has called on MPs to allow the various investigations into the Phala Phala saga to be concluded. He was answering oral questions in the NCOP. “I have and publicly said, I […]

today31 March 2023

Local

Parliament gets robbed again

Parliament has been burgled again. This latest crime comes just a few months after the SABC reported a robbery having taken place in its offices there. That embarrassing episode poured scorn on the elevated security features which were recently installed in the House. This time, not only was a computer stolen, but ammunition has also disappeared – raising questions about how it was brought to Parliament, which is a designated […]

today6 August 2017

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