PHM-SA Response to the 2020 Budget Speech

Below is our response to the 2020 Budget Speech The budget announced by finance minister Tito Mboweni on 26 February will intensify our national health crisis. It will weaken the public health system and, at the same time, increase our national burden of disease and ill-health — a two-sided assault on the health of the nation. Here’s why:...

Media Statement: Why has PHM-SA been ‘disinvited’ from SABC Big Debate on Health?

The People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHM-SA) is dismayed that it has been ‘disinvited’ by the SABC from participating in the “Big Debate” on Health on Sunday evening, 14 April 2019. PHM-SA is one of very few civil society organisations in South Africa that has contributed to the policy discussion on the National Health Insurance (NHI). The...

PHM-SA Annual General Meeting 2019

The People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHM-SA) invites you to its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday, 13 April 2019, in Cape Town. Date: Saturday, 13 April 2019 Time: 15:30 - 17:00 Venue: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, UCT Faculty of Health Sciences, Anzio Road, Observatory, Cape Town. Please RSVP to Tinashe Njanji: tinashe@phm-sa.org or...

Media Statement: Current Human Rights Situation in Zimbabwe

The People’s Health Movement of South Africa (PHM-SA) notes with deep concern the reports of denial of access to emergency health care for people injured following protests against the Zimbabwe government’s recent fuel price hikes. Security forces have treated peaceful protests, which are protected as a human right for people across the world,...

Building Grassroots Activism for a People’s NHI

The People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHM-SA) ran a workshop on the National Health Insurance (NHI) for the Movement for Change and Social Justice (MCSJ) in Gugulethu on 23 November 2018. There were approximately 25 activists who brought their questions to find out more about the NHI and what they should do about it. The workshop explained...