The South African Communist Party (SACP) denounces the influence of the selfish capitalist interests, apparently lobbying President Cyril Ramaphosa to stall the implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI). On 15 May 2024, President Ramaphosa signed the NHI Bill into law, marking a momentous shift to do away with the highly unequal two-tiered healthcare system in South Africa.
President Ramaphosa and the government at large must remain steadfast in the imperative to take the NHI forward. We call on all progressive organisations and supporters of the NHI to join the SACP in defence of this much needed transformation of our healthcare system. Now is the time for decisive action.
The unjust two-tier healthcare system is characterised by private monopoly-dominated healthcare provision catering for a minority of the population, between 14 per cent and 16 per cent, based on wealth, income and exorbitant access, on the one hand, and exclusion of the millions of the workers and poor who cannot afford, on the other hand. ….more
