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Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi set up a task team last year to investigate an increasing number of complaints against the HPCSA. (Elizabeth Sejake, Gallo Images)

Find out which issues have been prioritised after the Presidential Health Summit.


In 2018, President Cyril Ramaphosa held a three-day long Presidential Health Summit outside Johannesburg.

The gathering drew more than 100 representatives from civil society, government, unions, academia and the private sector. Before the event, each delegate received a 21-page concept note outlining challenges within the health system — this included corruption and how the NHI will incorporate the private sector.

Solutions proposed during the meeting will now form the basis for broader consultation ahead of a public plan to turn the health system. Although these solutions were set to be released in a 10 December 2018 compact, this document remains in draft form, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said at the launch of the summit’s report on 12 February.

Read a copy of Motsoaledi’s remarks, delivered on behalf of Ramaphosa. Then download a copy of the full summit report below.

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