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[TOP STORY] Legal challenge launched against SA’s R941bn NHI Act

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‘What the impact would be is, for us to afford that, the average current tax rate would have to increase by almost 22.2 times what it is,’ says Thoneshan Naidoo, CEO of the Health Funders Association.

6 Jun 2025 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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