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Financialisation is the last thing South Africa’s National Health Insurance needs
SUNDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2025, 15:38
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Financialisation is the last thing South Africa’s National Health Insurance needs
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True progress requires more than surface-level outrage – deeply entrenched systems of oppression need to be dismantled.

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Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said medical scheme members will continue to choose between private or public providers under the NHI Act.
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South Africa
Police say the body of an unidentified man was found amongst the debris

South Africa
20 boys have been rescued from bogus initiation schools in the Vaal and Westonaria.

South Africa
Transport Minister says her department is committed to reducing road fatality statistics.

South Africa
Filmmakers in the Northern Cape say while the film week provides them with some exposure.

World
Dozens have been arrested during climate protests at one of the world’s biggest coal export ports.

World
The husband and wife are alleged to have used a range of devices to cheat card games over a number of weeks.

World
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel’s president to grant him a pardon during his long-running corruption trial that’s bitterly divided the country.

World
Top Trump administration officials are meeting Ukrainian negotiators in Florida this weekend, pushing to broker an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Africa
Zambia’s government is accused of ‘hypocrisy’ as fallout from ex-president’s death deepens.

Africa
The defendants were accused of attempting a coup – but human rights groups say the trial was politically motivated.

Africa
A South African allegedly recruited to fight for Russia recounts the horrors of war in Ukraine via voice notes.

Africa
The country faces many deadly security challenges, leaving the army and police severely overstretched.

Business
St Anne’s Diocesan College began with one woman’s decision to build a new kind of educational space for South African girls in the late 19th century.

Business
The searing rally across South African assets this year risks running out of steam unless economic growth picks up enough to make a dent in the nation’s sky-high unemployment rate.

Business
The Africa Organised Crime Index 2025 revealed that criminality in South Africa is worse than in war zones like Sudan, Somalia, Mali, and Niger.

Business
Tzara Spurrier, known online as GlosBudgetMum, is hosting the event at Hesters Way Community Centre.

Politics
The debate in the National Assembly was sponsored by Build One SA leader Mmusi Maimane
Politics
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation tonight following South Africa’s hosting of the G20 Leaders’ Summit last weekend.

Politics
Governance challenges came under sharp focus on day one of the ANC NW Provincial General Council.

Politics
GOOD Party leader Patricia De Lille has called on citizens to vote out the GNU.

Sport
Egyptian giants Zamalek are demanding CAF to implement VAR in the Confed Cup after their 1-1 draw with Kaizer Chiefs.

Sport
Ballymena United has confirmed the departure of Jim Ervin as manager.

Sport
British light-heavyweight Ben Whittaker is offering a “big reward” after returning from his latest fight to find his home had been burgled.

Sport
Interim manager Martin O’Neill says Celtic’s Scottish Premiership match at Hibernian on Sunday is unlikely to be his final match in caretaker charge.
Education
The New York Times Communities Fund has partnered with charities that invest in education at critical junctures across people’s life spans.
Education
The U.S. first had a federal education department in 1867 — not 1979. Its history is critical in understanding the federal role in schools.
Education
The enrollment chiefs at Tulane and the University of Chicago attracted many early applicants. Now both of them earn a lot of money.
Education
The university will pay $75 million to regain its research funding and end investigations, the second highest payment by a school facing pressure from the administration.

Lifestyle
Expecting South Africa’s poorest residents to stretch Christmas SASSA grants – with the added spending of the holidays – is plain unfair …

Lifestyle
South Africans – included a former Springbok – have condemned Eben Etzebeth’s eye gouge attack on a Welsh player…

Lifestyle
Ouch! Springboks supporters both trolled and sympathised with Wales after their embarrassing loss on home ground…

Lifestyle
Applicants of the refugee resettlement programme have been given another warning, days after one was accused of lying about her experiece.

Entertainment
The Stormers overturned a 15-point deficit to beat Munster in Ireland in the biggest fixture of the weekend, while the Lions won away to a rusty Bulls.

Entertainment
An analyst believes Floyd Shivambu complemented Julius Malema’s character.

Entertainment
“It was a good strategy by MC Alger to close the middle,” Cardoso said.

Entertainment
“I was not so happy about their attitude, and I told them that,” said the Moroccan.
Science/Tech
“There are times when World of Tanks feels less like a videogame and more like a giant ad budget looking for something to be spent on,” writes PC Gamer.This year, all those huge sacks with dollar signs on them have been thrown Benedict Cumberbatch’s way, making him the game’s newest “Holiday Ambassador” and the star of an absolutely bizarre Christmas advert. The story has very little to do with...

Science/Tech
The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happen—and how fast—is anything but settled.

Science/Tech
The Walmart on-demand delivery service is impressive, but there are some issues.

Science/Tech
Mexico’s consumer protection agency and FIFA are working on a “ticket relocation system” that will allow those with extra World Cup tickets to sell them safely and at appropriate prices.

Motoring
The grocery delivery market in South Africa has grown tremendously in the last few years as the online shopping market has boomed.

Motoring
Germany is urging the EU to relax its ban on combustion engine vehicles to protect its struggling car industry.

Motoring
It is legal for homeowners’ associations in estates in South Africa to fine residents for speeding and other traffic violations committed by visitors and delivery people.

Motoring
One company in South Africa has repaired more than 320,000 potholes in Johannesburg.

Health
Russell T Davies says misinformation about the virus made him “despair”.

Health
Deputy mayor Ceri Cawley plans to start a support group for women with endometriosis.
Health
Less than 10 percent of heart and lung surgeons in the United States are women. At a recent conference, they vowed to change that.
Health
The agency’s top vaccine regulator said that a review had found that the children were likely to have died “because of” the shots. But public health experts want to examine the data.