PUBLIC HEALTH: SPECIAL APPROPRIATION BILL TO ADDRESS DONOR FUNDING SHORTFALL

PUBLIC HEALTH: SPECIAL APPROPRIATION BILL TO ADDRESS DONOR FUNDING SHORTFALL

• 25 September 2025
• Parliament
• SA Legal Academy

Please note: 1) On 26 September 2025, National Treasury withdrew and replaced the notice. It is not clear why; 2) According to parliamentary papers, the Bill was tabled on 26 September 2025.

National Treasury has gazetted a notice announcing the imminent introduction in Parliament of a Special Appropriation Bill intended to address ‘the shortfall resulting from the withdrawal of international donor funding to the health sector’. Serving as the procedurally required pre-tabling explanatory summary, the notice provides no further details on the proposed new piece of legislation.

At the time of writing, the Bill was not yet publicly available. However, according to an August 2025 article in Spotlight, following cuts in US funding for South African health services and research projects, the National Department of Health has already received ‘hundreds of millions of rands in emergency funds’ from National Treasury. The article explores how this money has been spent.

• explanatory summary (withdrawn and replaced)
• Spotlight article

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