Gauteng Health Budget Underspending Exposes Service Pressure

Original Article by Sipho Mabena | The Citizen | 27 January 2026

Gauteng Health Budget Underspending could return R463.5m to the fiscus, despite crumbling hospitals, vacancies and equipment shortages.

Gauteng Health Budget Underspending could return R463.5m to the fiscus, despite crumbling hospitals, vacancies and equipment shortages.

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