The Public Servants Association (PSA) issued a final warning to the KwaZulu Natal Department of Health, threatening with protests if the KwaZulu Natal Department of Health does not absorbs the more than 150 qualified but unemployed doctors into the provincial system, reported TimesLIVE (July 2025)
Reuters reported on 1 July that the US Justice Department discovered healthcare fraud schemes of an estimated $14.6bn, resulting in charges against hundreds of individuals across the country. “In what the department has called the largest healthcare fraud initiative in its history, the nationwide operation resulted in criminal charges against 324 defendants. Authorities have also seized over $245m in cash, as well as luxury vehicles and other valuable assets.”
Medical Scheme Profmed’s 2025 State of Health Report revealed deep public scepticism regarding NHI with roughly 75% of respondents believing the NHI will worsen healthcare delivery. – BusinessTech (27 June 2025)
After a visit to the Nuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure (NuMeRI) facility at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital, President Cyril Ramaphosa lauded the hospital as “a model public health facility and a blueprint for the future of the National Health Insurance (NHI)”. - iAfrica (24 June 2025)