DA wins battle for comprehensive public hearings into NHI
10 October 2019
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has waged a fight against the ANC’s move to dictate where the public hearings on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill should be. This desire to usurp the powers of Parliament is consistent with the ANC bullying tactics and misunderstanding of the function of a multi- party legislative arm of the state.
The DA has demanded the following:
1. All public hearing venues should be discussed and adopted by the portfolio committee;