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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Governments have the power to decide whether people live or die when it comes to health \u2014 and your vote will determine which type of government we get.<\/p>\n

In South Africa, this kind of influence became especially apparent in the late 1990s and early 2000s when the Mbeki government denied South Africans free HIV treatment, resulting in over 330,000 unnecessary deaths.<\/p>\n

Governments have the power to decide whether people live or die when it comes to health \u2014 and your vote will determine which type of government we get.<\/p>\n

In South Africa, this kind of influence became especially apparent in the late 1990s and early 2000s when the Mbeki government denied South Africans free HIV treatment, resulting in over 330,000 unnecessary deaths.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll see a grid that lists nine health issues and at least 15 party names.<\/p>\n

The analysis covers matters like rolling out universal healthcare and dealing with the effects of climate change, rooting out corruption in health services and tackling HIV, tuberculosis and gender-based violence. Categories on food security, social grants and the basic income grant are included as well, because being able to eat well and having enough money to live are part of building healthy nations.<\/p>\n

The party line-up in the tool includes the three with the largest representation in Parliament \u2014 the ANC, DA and EFF \u2014 and at least 12 more. For newcomers or smaller players, the team looked at how commonly these parties were discussed in the media (which was used as a proxy as to how much interest there would be in the organisation).<\/p>\n

Users can decide in how much depth they want to compare parties\u2019 promises:<\/p>\n

Look at only the landing page to get a quick overview of what parties cover \u2014 a green tick means the issue is mentioned in the manifesto; a black cross means it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n

Click on a tick or cross in a party column to see what they say (or don\u2019t say) about that specific issue. You can go back to the tool from there.<\/p>\n

To see what a party says about each of the nine issues in one go, click on the first category block for the party. This will take you to a page where you can read everything at once. Again, you can link back to the full tool to look at another party.<\/p>\n

To read a party\u2019s full, original manifesto, click on the link shown on their analysis page.<\/p>\n

Analysing the manifestos and unpacking the full picture is a big undertaking, so Bhekisisa will update the tool every day or two in the run-up to the election. Eight parties\u2019 manifesto analyses are already included.<\/p>\n

Why use this tool?<\/p>\n

The short answer is to help you vote for what you believe is right.<\/p>\n

South Africa\u2019s seventh round of democratic elections will be as pivotal for the country\u2019s future as the first one in 1994 \u2014 as any one party achieving a comfortable majority might not be as easy as before. There have never been more players to choose from \u2014 and everyone wants a slice of the pie.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dynamics between politics, science and medicine continue,\u201d Malegapuru Makgoba, esteemed academic, immunologist and most recently South Africa\u2019s health ombud, told Mia Malan in an interview in April for Bhekisisa\u2019s monthly TV show, Health Beat.<\/p>\n

The only way to make sure that politics don\u2019t take over scientific thought, is to know what politicians\u2019 promises mean.<\/p>\n

Use the analysis tool to know what you\u2019ll be voting for, not only for whom.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Governments have the power to decide whether people live or die when it comes to health \u2014 and your vote will determine which type of government we get. In South Africa, this kind of influence became especially apparent in the late 1990s and early 2000s when the Mbeki government denied South Africans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":65846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-65848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-files","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\nBhekisisa: Does your party take health seriously? 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