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South Africa: Medical Aid Tax Rebates to Fund National Health Insurance - ANC
News24Wire, 10 July 2017
The ANC wants the current tax rebates to individuals on medical aids to be scrapped and the money used to fund the National Health Insurance (NHI). Read more »
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South Africa: ANC Finally Reports Back On Last Policy Conference Commissions, With a Bang
Daily Maverick, 11 July 2017
The ANC's policy conference finished last week but we were still being briefed on its outcomes on Monday. The ANC wants the Presidency to take a more central role in the drafting… Read more »
Bold Statements Made at ANC Policy Conference in South Africa
One of the key proposals made at the ruling African National Congress's policy conference was to scrap medical aid-related tax rebates to individuals and to allocate that to fund the National Health Insurance.
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South Africa: Snapshot - ANC's Above the Line and Below the Belt - Final Stretch Promises a Big and Dirty Fight
Daily Maverick, 11 July 2017
ANC policy conference out of the way, it is by now surely accepted that the next five months in our politics could determine the coming decade. The stakes are high, and it is still… Read more »
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South Africa: 'We Are (Not) the ANC of Mandela'
Daily Maverick, 10 July 2017
At the ANC's policy conference last week, Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe stated that: "The mistake we are committing as South Africans is this thing of thinking we are the ANC of… Read more »
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South Africa: ANC Pushes Ahead With Plan to Reduce Number of Provinces
News24Wire, 10 July 2017
The ANC is pushing full steam ahead with the reconfiguration of provinces, despite an outcry from opposition parties. Read more »
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South Africa: ANC Policy Conference Shows Shifting Balance of Power
The Conversation Africa, 9 July 2017
The media reported on the national policy conference of the African National Congress (ANC) through the perspective of power struggles. This wasn't far off the mark. While the… Read more »
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South Africa: ANC Policy Conference - Party Failures Mean 2019 Coalitions Likely
Daily Maverick, 6 July 2017
The ANC's national policy conference was a failure. It struggled to united opposing factions and provide policy direction for South Africans demanding immediate change. Looking at… Read more »
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South Africa: The ANC Must and Will Emerge From This Policy Conference Stronger
Daily Maverick, 30 June 2017
We know that despite the challenges it faces currently, the ANC still represents the hopes, dreams and aspirations of millions of our people. Our people want the ANC to resolve its… Read more »
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The debate on how to manage the succession battle for the positions of president and deputy president of the African National Congress has shown a deep divide between the various ... Read more »
