AfriForum to take on a unique legal battle to fight NHI after ratification
14 May 2024
The civil rights organisation AfriForum strongly condemns President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to push through the National Health Insurance Bill (NHI) on Wednesday. AfriForum is convinced that this bill is unconstitutional and unenforceable. The organisation is ready to oppose the implementation of the NHI all the way to the highest court and will sign a resolution on the same day that the bill is signed that validates this sentiment.
AfriForum intends to stop the implementation of NHI by not simply bringing an application against the implementation of the bill, but by suing the government for the unimaginable damage that NHI can cause to South Africans’ well-being. Some issues that will be highlighted in AfriForum’s court documents are:
that there is no reasonable expectation that the bill will succeed in promoting access to health care,
that the NHI bill will grant excessive power to the Minister of Health,