Who and what is AfriForum?

AfriForum is an Afrikaans civil rights organisation that protects the rights of minority groups at national as well as provincial level, and anyone who can identify with AfriForum’s principles and objectives may join the organisation. AfriForum’s community plan focuses on mobilising communities to thus take control of their own streets and neighbourhoods again. AfriForum ensures that your constitutional and civil rights are recognised and protected at national level.

Wie en wat is AfriForum?

AfriForum is ’n Afrikaanse burgerregteorganisasie wat die regte van minderheidsgroepe op sowel nasionale as provinsiale vlak beskerm, en enigiemand wat met AfriForum se beginsels en doelstellings kan identifiseer, mag by die organisasie aansluit. AfriForum se gemeenskapsplan fokus daarop om gemeenskappe te mobiliseer om só weer beheer terug te neem oor hul eie strate en woonbuurtes. AfriForum verseker dat jou grondwetlike én burgerregte op nasionale vlak erken en beskerm word.

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AfriForum and several interest groups reject the NHI bill at Krugersdorp public hearing

ByAfriForum 24/10/202324/10/2023

The extensive opposition to National Health Insurance (NHI) became clear today in Krugersdorp where AfriForum and several organisations rejected this bill at a public hearing hosted by the Gauteng Legislature. AfriForum argues that this radical bill must be scrapped in the interest of all South Africans – especially in light of its economic unsustainability.

Numerous stakeholders attended this hearing to point out the absurdity of the ANC’s NHI plans. This includes organisations such as AfriForum, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) and medical aids such as Momentum Health. These organisations collectively represent millions of South Africans. Although the comments ranged from complete rejection of the bill to criticism of specific articles or clauses, all the interest groups agreed that the bill in its current form should not be approved.

According to Louis Boshoff, Campaign Officer at AfriForum, the mounting opposition to the implementation of the NHI’s fairy tale, in which free healthcare is promised for everyone, is proof that this plan is stillborn.

“The ANC is trying to implement their ideologically driven policy with false promises of free for all health services, but the public is not as uninformed as they had hoped,” explains Boshoff. “You cannot on the one hand take away the freedom and profitability of the health sector and on the other hand expect healthcare to be more readily available – that was the clear message today.”

The NHI bill was drawn up in 2019 and has already been approved by an ANC majority in the Parliament’s National Assembly, but the National Council of Provinces has yet to vote on it. However, before this can happen there must be an opportunity for civil input from all the provinces. Public hearings have yet to be held in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal. It is here that AfriForum continue to use the opportunity to build public pressure against the bill.

AfriForum encourages the public to oppose NHI at public hearings or by visiting www.jougesondheid.co.za for further information.