Given that 85% of our municipalities can’t publish clean accounts, what do you think is likely to happen when government is given a giant pot of money to finance all health care in the country? If that doesn’t send digital vibes down your spine, it should.
South Africa is no stranger to cognitive dissonance. Our politicians, eyes averted from reality, speak loftily of smart cities and bullet trains, even as our freight trains have ground to a halt, their routes stripped of the cables needed to function.
Or as outgoing health ombud Prof Malegapuru Makgoba put it last week: “As a country, we have strange priorities.”..A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and TimesLive Premium.
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