People’s Health Manifesto

Many of the bottlenecks standing in the way of fixing our healthcare system are political. Often, politically appointed MECs for health simply lack the competence, commitment, or political will to address the very serious problems plaguing our healthcare system.

In response to this dynamic, ahead of the 2014 national elections and 2021 local elections, TAC began consulting widely with our members and partner organisations to develop the ‘People’s Health Manifesto’. These manifestos were informed by key concerns from the ground and contained key questions that were put to political parties contesting the national elections in South Africa. The manifestos were able to put the crisis in the public healthcare system onto the political agenda — and we are using the responses to hold these political parties accountable.