SA public healthcare system is performing well by international standards [SOUND]

# South Africa’s public healthcare system is performing well by international standards in keeping healthcare affordable. This is despite only 15-percent of the population having access to private healthcare. At the 2025 Board of Healthcare Funders Conference in Cape Town, stakeholders such as policymakers, clinicians, and innovators emphasised the need for healthcare reform. BHF Managing director Katlego Mothudi told the SABC that the main focus was on making healthcare more accessible to all South Africans: