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Bhekisisa Mncube is a multi-award-winning regular columnist at Daily Maverick and City Press.

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Letter to Mahlamba Ndlopfu: The NHI is almost certain to be dead on arrival

| Jan 2025
Daily Maverick
Yet, when it comes to health, you seem intent on marching in the opposite direction. You propose nationalising healthcare services, dismantling a multibillion-rand medical aid industry, and effectively hobbling private-sector health providers.

Opinion | Dead on arrival

| Jan 2025
The Witness
Peeling back this onion reveals the glorious chaos of government-owned funds. The same folks who can’t manage a piggy bank want to launch a new NHI fund.

Letter to Mahlamba Ndlopfu: Private healthcare probably saved my life — don’t kill it

| Jan 2025
Daily Maverick
My leader, I write these hospital chronicles to highlight the sheer scale of resources and speed required to deal with diseases efficiently and effectively. If you destroy medical aid, you will ruin the only functioning part of our healthcare system.

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