Members of Parliament debated as a “matter of national importance" the failure of the government to extradite Atul and Rajesh Gupta from the United Arab Emirates after years since they skipped the country.
An EFF Member of the National Assembly, Sophie Thembekwayo, asked the Minister of Health, Joe Phaahla, to give the number of backlogs on surgeries per province and the steps each province will take.
In what is expected to become a verbal minefield littered with the usual ideological quips, the members of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Health this week started the clause-by-clause deliberations on the National Health Insurance Bill. The NHI Bill is still under consideration in the National Assembly and if approved there, with or without.