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Submitted | first-name | support | top-concern | message |
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2026-02-28 09:45:49 +02:00 | André | No I do not | Ch.8 Operational provisions | I worked as doctor in the British NHS for several years. They have many times the money per patient available to run their version of NHI. My experience there was such that, when I myself got sick, I got on the first available flight to South Africa, to our private health care. |
2026-02-25 19:07:58 +02:00 | Werner | No I do not | Other | |
2026-02-25 08:38:24 +02:00 | Nicole | No I do not | Ch.2 Access to Healthcare services | |
2026-02-22 10:57:47 +02:00 | Zamokuhle | Yes I do | Ch.2 Access to Healthcare services | My concern on NHI is it going to cover all health service like unlimited hospital admission, unlimited operations or covering all difficult operations or it going to be limited services ? 2 Questions ; Is it going to be some kind of option cover like medical aid got low option and high option ? |
2026-02-16 14:55:04 +02:00 | Theuns | No I do not | Ch.2 Access to Healthcare services | |
2026-02-14 20:45:18 +02:00 | Ndumi | No I do not | Ch.2 Access to Healthcare services | Please restore and maintain the current public hospitals. The hospitals were pleasant until affected by corruption. The changes made by the government to public systems, schools, roads, trains, airlines, elect, water etc have not been good so far. Pls restore order and remove corrupt officials, and employ competent representatives. |
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. |
2026-01-26 08:36:27 +02:00 | Hardus | No I do not | Ch.3 Establishment, Functions and Powers of the NHI | I object to the NHI Bill. The government is asking South Africans to trust a single, centralised health system even though the existing public sector is collapsing due to corruption, mismanagement, and poor performance. Many public hospitals receive similar or even greater resources than private facilities, yet outcomes are dramatically worse because of weak governance, political appointments, procurement failures, and a complete lack of accountability. Nothing in the NHI Bill fixes these systemic problems. The NHI centralises procurement and funding into one national structure, which increases the risk of large‑scale corruption. If officials cannot manage hospital budgets, maintain equipment, or run provincial systems effectively, there is no reason to believe they will suddenly perform better when given even more power and money. The same people who mismanage the current system will be running the NHI. The Bill also removes choice by limiting the role of medical aids and forcing all citizens into a single state‑controlled system. This reduces competition, weakens accountability, and risks driving skilled healthcare professionals out of the country. A health system cannot succeed if it loses the very staff needed to operate it. Instead of addressing the real causes of failure — corruption, poor management, staff shortages, equipment breakdowns, and collapsing infrastructure — the NHI attempts to restructure the entire system from the top down. Centralising a failing system does not fix it; it simply magnifies the failures. I request that the NHI Bill be withdrawn or fundamentally revised to prioritise repairing existing facilities, improving governance, enforcing accountability, and restoring public trust before any national funding model is considered. |
2026-01-22 09:19:48 +02:00 | Gwen | No I do not | Ch.4, 5, 6, 7 The Board, CEO, Committees and Advisory | |
2026-01-19 14:36:58 +02:00 | Jeremy | No I do not | Ch.8 Operational provisions | |
2026-01-19 14:36:57 +02:00 | Jeremy | No I do not | Ch.8 Operational provisions | |
2026-01-19 10:05:05 +02:00 | Ashiana | No I do not | Ch.2 Access to Healthcare services | |
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. |
2026-01-09 15:50:40 +02:00 | Alan | No I do not | Ch.10 Financial matters | Corruption |
2026-01-09 15:50:40 +02:00 | Alan | No I do not | Ch.10 Financial matters | Corruption |
2026-01-09 08:35:41 +02:00 | Deon | No I do not | Ch.10 Financial matters | It is just another way to steal money. |
2026-01-08 05:24:46 +02:00 | Sherryn | No I do not | Ch.10 Financial matters | |
2026-01-06 17:59:38 +02:00 | Zelda | No I do not | Ch.10 Financial matters | |
2026-01-06 17:57:25 +02:00 | Helen | No I do not | Ch.10 Financial matters | |
2026-01-06 17:56:01 +02:00 | Angela | No I do not | Ch.3 Establishment, Functions and Powers of the NHI | |
2026-01-01 14:31:57 +02:00 | Johannes | No I do not | Ch.1 Purpose and Application | |
2025-12-14 11:20:22 +02:00 | Wimpie | No I do not | Other | The entire bill is problematic and will fail in practice if implemented, so I cannot single out any specific concern alone. Rather work with the private sector to see how a sustainable approach can be created that better meets the objectives of providing heath care for all South Africans. |
2025-12-11 08:15:24 +02:00 | Russell | No I do not | Ch.10 Financial matters | |
2025-12-10 21:19:16 +02:00 | Johannes | No I do not | Ch.2 Access to Healthcare services | The country will fall into another corruption scheme that will be looted, and nobody will receive any Health Care. The government fails at everything besides Tax collection. So a hard no support. |
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 |
2025-12-09 14:24:35 +02:00 | michen | No I do not | Other | It wasn't possible to select all of the options as a concern. I think it is good for us as a nation to look after those that have fallen through the cracks, to help those in need, that can't afford it. This way, though, is just a no no. There are too many unemployed for this to be a viable solution. We are a long ways away from our economy being diverse and strong enough to be able to take a step that would carry a whole nation in this way. If ESKOM is anything to go by, it would be a genuine disaster for this nation; a serious disaster. |
2025-12-03 07:33:35 +02:00 | Claudette | No I do not | Ch.3 Establishment, Functions and Powers of the NHI | This bill must be scrapped immediatediately. It is unethical, unconstitutional, and does nothing to address the concerns we are currently facing regarding the degradation of our public healthcare facilities. NHI is unaffordable, we have to fix and upgrade our current public healthcare facilities , and not waste money we dont have on something that is doomed to fail. |
2025-11-28 08:28:03 +02:00 | Edouard | No I do not | Ch.3 Establishment, Functions and Powers of the NHI |