In case you missed it: Ramaphosa halts NHI rollout | Illiteracy among Grade 3s | Flights suspended at Cape Town International Airport

In the news today, President Cyril Ramaphosa has agreed to delay the implementation of the National Health Insurance. Meanwhile, the 2030 Reading Panel’s 2026 report revealed that 15% of Grade 3 pupils in South Africa struggle with reading. Furthermore, international flights in and out of Cape Town International Airport were suspended after a fire broke out on Tuesday morning.

The South African Weather Service says Wednesday’s forecast shows partly cloudy skies, morning fog, and warm to cool conditions, with scattered showers in some eastern provinces.Full weather forecast here. Stay up to date withThe Citizen– More News, Your Way. President Cyril Ramaphosa has agreed to delay the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) until the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) hands down judgments on legal challenges to the NHI Act.

The ConCourt hearing is set to take place from 5 to 7 May 2026. The Health Funders Association (HFA), the Medical Association, the Board of Healthcare Funders, the Private Practitioners Forum, and the Hospital Association have alltaken legal steps against NHI. The Western Cape government and some trade unions have also approached the court.

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Many of the cases relate to the public participation process that took place before the NHI Act was signed into law. South Africa’s reading crisis is showing little sign of improvement, with the latest findings painting a bleak picture of early literacy in the country. The 2030 Reading Panel’s 2026 report, released on Tuesday, reveals that 15% of Grade 3 pupils in South Africa cannot “decode even a single word by the end of their third year of formal schooling”.

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