The three biggest private medical aid providers have announced increases to their medical plans, and as the effects of interest rates bite, the cost inevitably rolls downhill to the people who can least afford it – You.
It’s true that the City of Cape Town has been doing more than most cities to mitigate the damage caused by a plethora of issues the average South African has to bear the brunt of. But when is enough finally enough? How much more can we take?
We might not be out of the woods yet, but Stats SA has published the latest inflation numbers for South Africa, showing annual consumer inflation slowed to 6.3% in May. This makes it the lowest it’s been since April last year.