Funding Gap Threatens HIV and TB Progress

Original Article by Russell Rensburg | Spotlight | 4 July 2025

Understanding the consequences of the funding gap on South Africa's health crisis following the withdrawal of crucial US aid.

Understanding the consequences of the funding gap on South Africa’s health crisis following the withdrawal of crucial US aid.

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Dr Thembisile Xulu is the new health Director-General, inheriting a strained department, healthcare-worker shortages and NHI litigation.

Gauteng is losing 100 nurses a month and needs R5.7bn to fill a 16,000-post gap. This shortage now flagged as a key risk to the NHI rollout.

Regulation, not demand, blocks affordable cover: medical schemes should be allowed to offer low-cost benefit options (LCBOs) now.