Government, and specifically the president, does not have a good record when it comes to checks and balances against corruption.
Although President Cyril Ramaphosa promised in parliament last week that checks and balances will be in place to prevent corruption when NHI is implemented, an expert disagrees. He also does not think the president’s “lengthy discussion” with Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi about his statements that NHI will be implemented at all costs will bear any fruit.
Van den Heever also points out that Dr Anban Pillay, who was the accounting officer in the National Department of Health when Digital Vibes was paid and who is responsible for the tender manipulation, was given a slap on the hand but is still deputy director general at the Department of Health. “Therefore, when you talk about the checks and balances being in place in government, why does it take News24 twelve months afterwards to get government to act?”
Van den Heever says that is why he believes that Ramaphosa is “talking nonsense” when he refers to checks and balances for National Health Insurance . “Every regulation and rule that we have in place is undermined when you have political appointments into these strategic positions in government, which means that they can put the brakes on anything.
“There are no checks and balances on any satisfactory level for NHI that can deal with the risk of an organisation that is meant to theoretically at the end of the day have more resources than any other public entity in South Africa.”Ramaphosa’s “lengthy discussion” with Motsoaledi
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