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Health Department dismisses NHI collapse claims after ConCourt ruling

The National Department of Health says the Constitutional Court’s ruling on sections of the National Health Act does not invalidate the National Health Insurance Act, despite claims from opposition parties and lobby groups that the judgement represents a setback for the policy.  On Monday, the apex court declared sections 36 to 40 of the National Health Act unconstitutional, upholding an earlier ruling by the Pretoria High Court. The court found […]

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High Court interdicts Dudula from targeting foreign nationals, group vows to appeal

Operation Dudula says it will appeal the Johannesburg High Court ruling that declared its attempts to prevent undocumented foreign nationals from accessing public healthcare and education unlawful. Speaking to YNews, the group’s spokesperson, Davis Magolego, described the judgment, handed down in their absence as "utterly unfair." The case was brought by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) on behalf of several human rights organisations, who argued that Operation […]

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