President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi requested the Constitutional Court to overturn the Gauteng High Court judgment in May 2025 declaring that the NHI Act is reviewable. – MedicalBrief (4Feb 2026)
“The President has also warned that questioning his decision-making has profound consequences for the exercise of the obligations he has, not only in the present matter, but in the future, as it engages issues regarding the Office of the Presidency as well as its ability to function, and the separation of powers,” reports IOL.
He wants the court to determine whether he enjoyed exclusive jurisdiction, or whether he failed to fulfil his constitutional obligations.
The President also requested the High Court that orders be set aside and substituted with orders stating in the BHF judgment handed down in November 2024, and the review application by the SAPPF is dismissed with costs. The BHF and SAPPF launched separate review applications at the High Court seeking to review and set aside Ramaphosa’s decision to assent and sign the NHI Bill.
“The idea that his record of decision of assent and signature must be disclosed is at odds with the text and purpose of the Constitutional Court rules, he believes, and it also ignores the politically sensitive issues this entails.”