Many South African’s are asking themselves if their government is a lost cause. When we analyze the Health Department budget, and the state of health care in South Africa under the ANC, we can see why South Africans feel that way.

Fraud, corruption and maladministration has become the order of the day under ANC governance, and the Health Department is a clear demonstration of how fraud, corruption and maladministration has destroyed public services for the poor.

The health needs of the South African people exceed the capacity of the health department and after 28 years, it is clear that this government doesn’t have the ability to fix it, despite massive spending. What they have delivered is one of the highest inequality rates in the world – this too has a massive strain on the health system.

The lack of adherence to procurement processes has been the biggest contributing factor to Covidcorruption. South Africans saw repeated instances of grand theft of public funds by those entrusted to serve the citizens of South Africa.

These looters knew no boundaries and continued to loot Covid-19 pandemic emergency funding, without any remorse for those dying of this deadly virus, or the millions who had lost their livelihoods due to the lockdown. After what we saw with Covid-corruption, can we honestly say that we have a caring government, or a government that cares about the poorest of the poor?

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