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NHI under fire as legal team flags public participation flaws

Legal representatives challenging the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act have told the Constitutional Court that serious flaws in the public participation process could render the entire law unconstitutional. Advocate Wim Trengove, representing the Board of Healthcare Funders and the Western Cape Government, argued that key parts of the legislative process were fundamentally compromised, to the extent that it was as if no meaningful public participation took place at all. At […]

todayMay 6, 2026 32

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Lekota leaves a ‘mixed bag’ legacy, says analyst

Political commentator, Goodenough Mashego, says the late politician Mosiuoa Lekota will be remembered for many aspects of his life, describing it as a "mixed bag." Mashego says his passing comes at a time when South Africa is navigating a very difficult transitional period and struggling to define itself within the global community. The 77-year-old politician died this morning at a hospital in Midrand. Lekota left the ANC in 2008 and […]

todayMarch 4, 2026 38