Primary Healthcare Accountability Under Scrutiny In Johannesburg

Original Article by Mmatumelo Lebjane | TimesLIVE | 8 July 2026

Understand the implications of Primary Healthcare Accountability in South Africa's clinic services and governmental responsibilities.

Understand the implications of Primary Healthcare Accountability in South Africa’s clinic services and governmental responsibilities.

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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.