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Submitted | first-name | support | top-concern | message |
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2026-04-07 10:37:04 +02:00 | Viv | No I do not | Ch.2 Access to Healthcare services | The fact that there is not a credible official financial plan for this endeavour indicates that this is just another political boondoggle to gain votes and enrich the government cadres. It definitely is NOT a programme that will improve health care or benefit the citizens of South Africa. The current government has proven itself to be untrustworthy by supporting corruption, cadre deployment, delivery failures, overreach and neglecting the people of South Africa in need. The NHI in its present form, will not provide decent health care to the masses, but will provide another excellent opportunity for the government cadres to extract and steal to the continuing detriment of the citizens of South Africa. |
2026-04-04 08:08:12 +02:00 | Petra | No I do not | Other | I have significant criticism regarding fiscal sustainability and constitutional overreach. Economic Unviability: South Africa’s narrow tax base cannot support a single-payer system estimated to cost hundreds of billions of Rands annually. Implementing this without a clear funding model risks fiscal collapse or crippling tax hikes on a struggling economy Centralised Corruption Risk: Consolidating massive healthcare funds into a single state-controlled entity creates a monopolistic procurement environment susceptible to the same "state capture" and mismanagement seen in other South African SOEs. Constitutional Concerns: By stripping citizens of the right to purchase private medical cover for services the NHI "covers," the Bill may violate Section 27 rights. Instead of expanding access, it threatens to collapse the private sector—which currently supports 16 million people—leading to an exodus of medical professionals and a net decrease in available quality care. Operational Capacity: The state has not demonstrated the administrative capacity to manage a scheme of this magnitude, given the existing infrastructure deficits in the public health system. |
2026-03-26 12:42:59 +02:00 | Fanie | No I do not | Ch.1 Purpose and Application | |
2026-03-23 23:10:45 +02:00 | K | No I do not | Ch.1 Purpose and Application | It won't work without as its failed in 1st world countries. There will be corruption and fraud. |
2026-03-20 12:32:53 +02:00 | Trish | Not fully | Ch.3 Establishment, Functions and Powers of the NHI | A fulland achievable planmust be devised and made public of how this would be funded and what and where the resources would come from, and in fact every aspect of the practical application of same |
2026-03-19 14:32:57 +02:00 | Patricia | No I do not | Ch.3 Establishment, Functions and Powers of the NHI | |
2026-03-19 11:04:27 +02:00 | Lilith | No I do not | Other | |
2026-03-19 09:00:05 +02:00 | Desiree | No I do not | Other | it is going to cost too much |
2026-03-19 08:19:22 +02:00 | Michelle | No I do not | Ch.10 Financial matters | Fix the crumbling public hospitals and clinics, there is no need or money for more of the same looting and corruption. |
2026-03-18 11:44:49 +02:00 | Chris | No I do not | Other | State institutions cannot provide adequate healthcare for current users and the added burden would totally collapse the system.
The single payer system would encourage massive corruption - even worse than that currently experienced.
The present government is noted for mismanagement, fraud, corruption and total incompetence and the health of the entire population should not be placed in jeopardy by giving them absolute control. There could also be a massive exodus of medical professionals should this Bill be passed. |
2026-03-18 09:23:28 +02:00 | Caroleen Allison | No I do not | Ch.10 Financial matters | |
2026-03-18 08:01:13 +02:00 | SONTO | Yes I do | No concern | |
2026-03-17 22:23:42 +02:00 | Oatile | Yes I do | Ch.2 Access to Healthcare services | NHI is going to help those who don't afford to go Private clinics or Private Hospitals. It will also help people who have been waiting for operations at Government hospitals for a long time many people are on queues to fo operations at public hospitals. |
2026-03-17 14:08:02 +02:00 | Shaun | No I do not | Ch.1 Purpose and Application | |
2026-03-17 12:04:12 +02:00 | Dee | No I do not | Other | The ANC has not managed anything successfully, and so I do not think, and probably know, that the NHI will not work . I suggest they fix the current state hospitals and health systems, and leave the private health system alone. |
2026-03-17 11:42:27 +02:00 | Barbara | No I do not | Ch.2 Access to Healthcare services | Fix existing hospitals and equip them all the necessary equipment to run a hospital. There are many unemployed doctors, use them and get proper admin staff who know what they are doing. |
2026-03-17 09:08:49 +02:00 | Richard | No I do not | Ch.1 Purpose and Application | The ANC Government have spent many millions of taxpayers money which is and has proved to be completely unworkable and is set to ruin the South African economy. Why is it so hard to get people that know what they are doing and would work for all South Africans? |
2026-02-15 08:13:25 +02:00 | Tarquin | No I do not | Ch.2 Access to Healthcare services | I want the freedom of choice to select who my health care provider is. |
2026-02-12 10:01:42 +02:00 | Tertius | No I do not | Other | With the top medical research economists in South Africa finding it impractical and too difficult to implement in South Africa, we need to take note. It would be more important to ensure that the current national healthcare allocated funds get invested/spent wisely, limiting or eradicating corruption. |
2026-01-14 16:51:19 +02:00 | John | No I do not | Ch.3 Establishment, Functions and Powers of the NHI | The inescapable FACT is that the Department of Health and the current Minister cannot properly, effectively and honestly manage the current State Hospital system. The State President recently loudly praised a certain Public Hospital as an outstanding example of ANC competence but within a week it was proved that this same institution was riddled with theft and corruption mounting to BILLIONS of Rand. Then came reports of total mismanagement of Public Hospitals across the North West province, KZN and others so HOW ON EARTH can so useless a Department and Minister EVER hope to efficiently, honestly, and competently manage the NHI? Remember that the now Deputy Minister drafted the original Bill to give HIMSELF totalitarian, dictatorial, control over all aspect of health care in complete ignorance of the administrative and financial aspects thereof. |
2026-01-14 07:50:49 +02:00 | Renier | No I do not | Ch.1 Purpose and Application | The government (ANC) has proved over the past 30 years that it cannot be trusted with the systems that we already have. They have mismanaged it and plundered what we had, look at the condition of state hospitals and the shortage of staff. Interns and community service doctors have to work 27 hour shifts regularly because there are not enough doctors. Now they want to expand this broken and plundered system with funds that don't exist, whilst in the process trying to gut the existing private healthcare system. It is completely unfeasible and ridiculous. Additionally, the idea of nationalised healthcare doesn't work, even in countries where they have funds to support it. The ANC wants yet another branch to centralise more power that they can then exploit to enrich themselves. |
2026-01-11 15:21:08 +02:00 | Claudette | No I do not | Ch.3 Establishment, Functions and Powers of the NHI | Fix the dilapted public hospitals we already have, instead of wasting money on NHI which is unworkable, and totally unnecessary. South Africa can ill - afford to have more cases of irregular and wasteful expenditures. This is just another way of looting taxpayer funds, without accountability, as usual. |
2026-01-10 12:45:57 +02:00 | Peter | No I do not | Ch.2 Access to Healthcare services | |
2026-01-09 15:50:40 +02:00 | Alan | No I do not | Ch.10 Financial matters | Corruption |
2025-12-31 08:34:22 +02:00 | Adriana | No I do not | Ch.1 Purpose and Application | |
2025-12-28 22:46:14 +02:00 | Juan | No I do not | Ch.10 Financial matters | No, I do not support the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. While universal healthcare access is a worthy goal, this Bill is unaffordable, with no clear sustainable funding beyond massive tax increases that South Africa cannot bear amid low growth and high unemployment. It centralises vast power in a single fund vulnerable to corruption and mismanagement, ignores public sector failures (understaffing, infrastructure decay), risks driving doctors abroad, and effectively destroys private medical schemes—removing choice for millions. Fix the public system first instead of this reckless overhaul. |
2025-12-28 19:56:40 +02:00 | Louis | No I do not | Ch.10 Financial matters | |
2025-12-15 14:35:22 +02:00 | Jang Choob | Yes I do | Ch.10 Financial matters | In essence, it is a good idea. But where will the money come from? Perhaps it should be a compulsory salary deduction, similar to UIF. |
2025-12-09 19:04:34 +02:00 | Kobus | No I do not | Ch.10 Financial matters | You cant grasp the idea that nothing is for free. One of the dumbest ideas you came up with. Who is goiing to freed the enormous bill? You amaze me more and more with your stupid ideas! It keeps on coming |
2025-12-03 07:42:50 +02:00 | JG | No I do not | Ch.3 Establishment, Functions and Powers of the NHI | Stop wasting taxpayer money to continue to create funding funnels for governmental cader members. The NHI isn’t even financially or constitutionally viable. Once a again a “noble idea” that ends up being a restriction on the freedom of South African citizens. If the same effort was put into the removal of corruption and neglect at state hospitals, there would be no need for any type of NHI. |