Disagreement over the National Health Insurance (NHI) – coming hard on the heels of a third legal case launched against the Act this month – led to the first showdown in the Government of National Unity (GNU) Cabinet between ANC and DA Ministers.
Insiders said tempers flared at an extended meeting on Friday, with the main disagreement linked to a target set in the medium-term development plan (MTDP) that medical aids would be scrapped by 2029.
The MTDP translates GNU priorities into a detailed five-year plan and spells out interventions that government will make over its term of office.
However, reports the Sunday Times, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi lost his temper with DA Ministers and had to be called to order by his colleagues, according to a source at the meeting. …..more
