Brauns, MelodyStanton, Anne2018-05-222018-05-222015Brauns, M. and Stanton, A. 2016. Good governance and the implementation of national health insurance in the public health sector : a case of South Africa. Journal of Governance and Regulation. 4(4): 17-25.2220-9352 (printed)2306-6784 (online)http://hdl.handle.net/10321/2971For years it has been argued that implementation failure is one of the main reasons why policies do not yield the results expected. In South Africa, a version of this argument, which often features, is that good policies are drawn up but then not implemented. Government failure is a reality. Just as corporations survive according to whether they make good decisions, so to governments fall or are re-elected on whether they make good decisions. General argument in governance literature is that a wide variety of developments have undermined the capacity of governments to control events within the nation state. As a consequence the state can no longer assume a monopoly of expertise or of the resources to govern.9 penGood governancePublic policyPolicy implementationAccountabilityNational Health InsuranceArticle10.22495/jgr_v4_i1_p2