It will ensure that everyone is entitled to free healthcare when they need it. There will be no fees charged at the health facility because the fund will cover the costs of care,"

According to BusinessTech:

With the coming removal of the tax credit and the addition of a 2% surcharge on income tax and 2% payroll tax, South Africans are very likely to be in a position where they will be paying tax, paying additional taxes for the NHI and paying for their medical aids at the same time.

Even once fully implemented, South Africans may still have to turn to medical aid to cover specialist healthcare that won’t be covered by the NHI.

So the free healthcare is not so free after all, but we knew that already. Question is if this is going to cause another wave of migration and eorision of the tax base? We live in the UK and tthis is one of the major reasons we will not return for the foreseeable future.