Economists and watchers of government spending canvassed by Daily Maverick have warned that the government will be forced to cut expenditure this year by at least R25-billion. The budgets of crucial service delivery programmes in health, education and criminal justice are on track to be cut, ne.
There are more than 100 clinics in Mpumalanga without visiting doctors, hundreds waiting on surgeries in hospitals due to a lack of surgeons and other specialists, and only 60 working ambulances meant to service a population of over four million healthcare users. Nthusang Lefafa unpacks these c.