ANC confident ConCourt will uphold NHI Act as it calls out opposition
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May 5, 2026 · 2 min · Episode 41
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The ANC expresses confidence that the Constitutional Court will uphold the NHI Act amidst challenges regarding public participation.
ANC confident ConCourt will uphold NHI Act as it calls out opposition The African National Congress (ANC) believes the Constitutional Court will uphold the constitutionality of the National Health Insurance (NHI) and affirm the State's move to roll out universal healthcare. The Constitutional Court is hearing two major challenges to the NHI Act between Tuesday and Thursday, focusing on an allegedly flawed parliamentary public participation processes. In February, President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that he would not promulgate any provisions of the NHI Act prior to the Constitutional Court handing down judgment on these public participation challenges, and that he would not enforce any part of the Act until he was requested to do so by the Minister of Health. The ANC reaffirmed its "unwavering commitment" to the NHI, with party spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu stating that the NHI was an historic instrument to dismantle the entrenched inequalities that continue to define South Africa's health system. "More than three decades into democracy, access to quality healthcare remains structurally determined by socioeconomic status. This dual system, one for the affluent and another for the…
Topics covered
- National Health Insurance
- Constitutional Court
- universal healthcare
- political opposition
- healthcare inequality
Keywords
- NHI Act
- Constitutional Court
- ANC
- universal healthcare
- healthcare inequality
- Cyril Ramaphosa
- Mahlengi Bhengu
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Organizations: African National Congress, Constitutional Court, Minister of Health
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