25 February 2026 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana gave national and provincial departments of health a lot of homework in his budget speech yesterday, urging them to find efficient ways to manage their finances. In his speech, Godongwana had a hard line on inefficiencies in the system, saying “every programme and every allocation must demonstrate value, efficiency and accountability”. He added: “We have kept that promise, through our commitment to finding savings from unproductive expenditure, closing leakages, and rooting out inefficiencies. “Targeted and responsible savings are not a once-off initiative. They will be an ongoing and entrenched part of the budget […]
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By: Aphelele Buqwana 13 February 2026 South Africa’s fight against the HIV pandemic will receive a major boost with the roll out of the six-monthly HIV prevention injection that will be rolled out this year, according to President Cyril Ramaphosa. But the TB Accountability Consortium flags the need for improved integration of HIV and TB services to ensure that the two epidemics are simultaneously dealt with. In his state of the nation address last night, SA President Cyril Ramaphosa said the country was finally able to start imagining a country without AIDS. “In support of our programmes to prevent and ultimately […]
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The TB Accountabilty Consortium and the Treatment Action Campaign handed over a memorandum to officials in the National Department of Health calling for TB to be declared a national health crisis.
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TB activists call on the South African government to make TB a national health crisis.
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21 February 2024 The TB Accountability Consortium welcomes Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s additional investments in health, his allocations to provinces and his financial commitment to the National Health Insurance. But we reiterate the call to make TB a national health emergency with its own line item in the budget. In his budget vote this week Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana allocated R848 billion over the MTEF to health, noting R11.6 billion would address the 2023 wage agreement, R27.3 billion for infrastructure, and R1.4 billion for the NHI grant over the same period. According to Godongwana, the allocation of R1.4 billion to […]
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At the inaugural TB Accountability Consortium Convening, TB activists from across the country pledged their allegiance to TBAC and signed the charter below, calling for TB to become a national health emergency and get national priority. Read more about the convening here. United call for TB to be a National Health Emergency in South Africa The TB Accountability Consortium reignites calls for the government to flag the TB epidemic as a national public health emergency. As South Africa’s biggest killer, with more than 50 000 people dying annually and an estimated 304 000 infected each year, TB remains a significant public […]
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