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No relief for Gauteng hospital patients in health budget
19th March 2025 Gauteng hospital patients will continue to suffer as the provincial health budget tabled yesterday gave a paltry increase for health, with no... →
South Africa’s biggest political parties seek Budget compromise by April
By: Bloomberg 18th March 2025 South Africa’s two biggest political parties are holding a series of talks to resolve an impasse over the national budget that poses the biggest... →
Trump’s trade salvos test nerves of central bankers
By: Bloomberg 17th March 2025 An anxious sense of wait-and-see may emerge from central banks in the coming week, in their first collective assessment of how President Donald... →
Mbalula says DA’s rejection of Budget a ‘desperate attempt’ to undermine transformation 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 13th March 2025 Following the presentation of the much-awaited and controversial Budget speech on Wednesday, the African National Congress has accused the... →
Athol Fugard: the great South African playwright who captured what it means to be human
11th March 2025 I was shocked to learn that the famous South African writer Athol Fugard had passed away. I had known his age to be 92 but somehow I never expected... →
Only a radical overhaul of the Gauteng Health Department can fix Helen Joseph and other hospitals
11th March 2025 The Democratic Alliance in Gauteng commends the reports by the Health Ombud and the Office of Health Standards Compliance which identify the... →
Implementation of full package of HMI recommendations necessary to improve private healthcare system – UHAC
By: Sabrina Jardim 6th March 2025 The government’s proposal to implement only some recommendations of the five-year-old Health Market Inquiry (HMI) to address the high costs of... →
Mozambique police fire on opposition march, leader's location unknown
By: Reuters 6th March 2025 Mozambican police fired on supporters of opposition leader Venancio Mondlane marching in the capital Maputo on Wednesday, injuring at least 10... →
