Migrant health experts have critised the National Health Insurance Bill (NHI) in its current form, saying it is unconstitutional because it excludes asylum seekers and other migrants from a raft of basic services.
In August 2022, a video of Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba’s dehumanising rant to a Zimbabwean patient went viral. The Health Professions Council of South Africa has now taken action against her.