Many refugees flee their own war-torn countries to find safety in South Africa. But the country is not the safe haven they think it will be.
The National Health Insurance (NHI), for which membership will be compulsory, is a funding scheme that aims to address healthcare inequity in South Africa. The scheme will do this by creating a fund that the government will use to buy healthcare services at set fees from accredited public and private health providers. The NHI Bill was passed in the National Assembly in June 2023. It has to go to the National Council of Provinces for approval.
Close to death, but ‘no medication for foreigners’
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