
NHI will never see the light of day
South Africa’s NHI is unlikely to ever be implemented due to funding and design flaws, and warns that pursuing it risks further damaging the healthcare system instead of fixing its underlying governance problems.
SATURDAY, 07 MARCH 2026, 06:16

South Africa’s NHI is unlikely to ever be implemented due to funding and design flaws, and warns that pursuing it risks further damaging the healthcare system instead of fixing its underlying governance problems.
In the 2026 State of the Nation Address the President said the Social Relief of Distress grant will remain for another year, until 31 March 2027, unchanged at R370. It would be redesigned to ‘effectively support livelihoods, skills development, work opportunities and productive activity’.
AmaZulu coach Arthur Zwane criticised the refereeing standards in the PSL, claiming his team has been unfairly targeted by officials, which has impacted their performance, particularly in matches against Magesi and Stellenbosch.

Barbie Kyagulanyi’s ordeal reveals how love can become a powerful, non-violent force driving resistance, courage and conviction in Uganda’s struggle for meaningful democracy and good governance

Private investigator Paul O’Sullivan has issued a formal apology to parliament for abruptly leaving the ad hoc committee proceedings last week.

Private investigator Paul O’Sullivan has issued a formal apology to parliament for abruptly leaving the ad hoc committee proceedings last week.

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In creating the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa chose ecotourism over extractive mining for the region’s development. But conservation authorities inherited an apartheid-era model of exclusion, which may continue the erasure of Thonga fishing culture from the landscape.
Dave Rennie, a former school teacher from Upper Hutt, has been named as All Black coach, replacing Scott Robertson.

The magistrate who presided over my matter, acting magistrate Lerato Moraba, promised to send the judgment via email to both parties. I am still waiting for it.

The new 24-round Formula One season starts in Melbourne this week with 11 teams on the grid and the biggest technical changes in decades.

MultiChoice, part of Canal+ SA, has announced it will discontinue Showmax after a strategic review found the streaming platform’s mounting losses unsustainable in an increasingly competitive global market; but jobs are safe

The Iranian embassy in South Africa has defended the country’s targeting of American military installations in the escalating confrontation with the US and Israel. Tehran insists its actions fall within its right to self-defence under international law. “Our act is our inherent right,” ambassador Mansour Shakib Mehr told a media briefing in Pretoria on Wednesday. […]

If Motsepe were to seek the country’s presidency, it would be as a response to an overwhelming cry by civil society for order to return to SA.
Sustained higher oil prices resulting from conflict in the Middle East may fuel inflation in South Africa, though the buffers built by the government should help keep its debt-consolidation plans on track, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said.

Last two games have given team hope they can avoid relegation

Champ set to battle Edwards in elimination bout

To restore Kaizer Chiefs to its rightful place, the club requires a coach who is a leader. That coach is Pitso Mosimane

The company was a week old when it was awarded the tender by the health department

The company was a week old when it was awarded the tender by the health department

Private investigator Paul O’Sullivan is back before parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system.