Is the Private health care sector putting profits above people? | METRO FM Talk with Faith Mangope
Luthando Vilakazi discusses Who Owns South Africa? Private Healthcare on METRO FM Talk with Faith Mangope
Luthando Vilakazi discusses Who Owns South Africa? Private Healthcare on METRO FM Talk with Faith Mangope
Over the past few months Radio 786 has been highlighting the Open Secrets series of reports, titled Who Owns South Africa?. The first report unpacked how a powerful few control our economy and politics, while the second looked at the private control of healthcare. The latest report looks at Private Telecoms. It uncovers how just a few corporations, that’s MTN, Vodacom, Telkom, and Cell C, dominate the sector and profit from essential communication services.
A new Open Secrets report alleges that the country’s biggest mobile firms have used political ties to protect their interests across Africa.
LISTEN | Ra’eesa Pather, Senior Investigator at Open Secrets joins Tessa Dooms on POWER Perspective to discuss Open Secrets’ latest report Who Owns South Africa: Private Telecoms
LISTEN | Ra’eesa Pather, Senior Investigator at Open Secrets joins Koketso Sachane on The Meeting Point to discuss Open Secrets’ latest report Who Owns South Africa: Private Telecoms
Michael Marchant, Head of Investigations at Open Secrets was a guest on The Dan Corder Show on eNCA explaining Open Secrets’ research into the billionaires and big businesses that own much of South Africa’s industries.Â
South Africa’s private healthcare sector is controlled by a handful of powerful groups, pushing up costs and deepening inequality. As the government pushes ahead with National Health Insurance (NHI) reforms, it faces stiff resistance from entrenched private interests. Open Secrets lawyer Luthando Vilakazi explores how corporate power shapes healthcare access and what it means for ordinary South Africans.
Luvano Ntuli, investigator at Open Secrets, on The Meeting Point with Koketso Sachane about part 2 of its series Who Owns SA, “Private Healthcare: Private Medical Aid Schemes and Private Hospitals.
South Africa’s two-tier health system is under the microscope again – and in the latest instalment of Who Owns South Africa, Open Secrets peels back the curtain on private medical aids and hospital groups. Phemelo Motene speaks to Open Secrets’ Head of Investigations, Michael Marchant, about the money, the monopolies, and the future of our health system.
Who Owns South Africa? | Money, Power and Politics is the launch event of Open Secrets new investigative series Who Owns South Africa? (WOSA). Get your ticket!