The Institute of Race Relations continues its fight against the implementation of the NHI Bill in a submission today to the Select Committee on Health and Social Services in the National Council of Provinces.
Recent criticism of the government’s National Health Insurance (NHI) plan by Business Unity SA (Busa) and Business for SA (B4SA), which argue that the huge tax increases required will be unaffordable, must be commended (“Business groups drop NHI tax bombshell”, August 29).
The IRR has over recent weeks written to prominent stakeholders in the community schemes economic sector about the concerning remarks by Minister of Human Settlements Mmamoloko Kubayi on extending damaging and unconstitutional race-based policies to community schemes like residential complexes and old-age homes.
The IRR yesterday wrote to Minister of Employment and Labour Thulas Nxesi highlighting the detrimental impact of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policies on the nation s unemployment rates in lieu of the latest data showing joblessness remaining at crisis levels.