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When does prescription in medical malpractice cases begin? High Court clarifies

Mtho Maphumulo 12 Jan 2026

#OrchidsandOnions: Let's crumple tinfoil hats

#OrchidsandOnions: Let's crumple tinfoil hats

Brendan Seery 14 Dec 2021

Winnie Byanyima, executive director, UNAIDS. Source: UNAIDS

Covid-19 and HIV: When two viruses collide

Nicci Botha 7 May 2020

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What does HIV look like in South Africa?

Nicci Botha 6 Dec 2019

Frank Hester, CEO, TPP Healthcare

#AfricaCom: AI's role in combatting inequalities in healthcare

Nicci Botha 14 Nov 2019

#HASA2019: Collaboration - the art of possible

#HASA2019: Collaboration - the art of possible

Nicci Botha 29 Aug 2019

Dr Chris Archer, CEO of the South African Private Practitioners Forum; moderator, Tanya Cohen, former Business Unity South Africa CEO; Dr Guni Goolab, principal officer, Government Employee Medical Scheme (GEMS); Dr Terence Moodley, board member of Samed; Melanie da Costa, director of strategy and healthcare policy, Netcare; Dr Stavros Nicolaou, chairman of the Pharmaceutical Task Group Dr Anban Pillay, deputy director general, National Department of Health; and Dr Jonathan Broomberg, CEO, Discovery Health

After NHI - South Africans can still choose medical aids

Nicci Botha 27 Aug 2019

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#bhf2019conference: How blockchain can eliminate fraud, waste & abuse

Nicci Botha 25 Jul 2019

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#bhf2019conference: Healthcare as a key driver for economic growth

Nicci Botha 24 Jul 2019

Charles Dalton

#bhf2019conference: UHC - what's working, what's not?

Nicci Botha 24 Jul 2019

6 African health startups chosen for Innovate For Life Fund Accelerator

6 African health startups chosen for Innovate For Life Fund Accelerator

Tom Jackson 2 Oct 2018

A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: Who wants to live forever?

A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: Who wants to live forever?

Marcus ‘The Maltese Falcon’ Brewster 27 Jul 2018

Egyptian e-health startup ElBalto launches mobile consultation service

Egyptian e-health startup ElBalto launches mobile consultation service

Tom Jackson 27 Jun 2018

Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. Photo: South Africa Today

Is Motsoaledi fiddling while healthcare is burning?

Nicci Botha 6 Jun 2018

#WFOT: Building globally relevant OT through diversity

#WFOT: Building globally relevant OT through diversity

Nicci Botha 28 May 2018

20 out of 65 Seedstars Summit finalists from Africa

20 out of 65 Seedstars Summit finalists from Africa

Ilse Burger 11 Apr 2018

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Lauren Hartzenberg 5 Mar 2018

Dr William Mapham.
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#Designindaba2018: SA's crowd-sourced solution for a global problem

Sue Disler 22 Feb 2018

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Challenging bad medicine: How to use the media effectively

Nicci Botha 30 Nov 2017

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#AfricaCom: Rural healthcare and digitalisation

Nicci Botha 9 Nov 2017

Vukani Mngxati, managing director for healthcare and public sector practice, Accenture South Africa

Technology and the three pillars of healthcare

Vukani Mngxati 31 Oct 2017

Neil Kirby, head of the healthcare & life sciences practice at Werksmans Attorneys

#HASA2017: Plotting the legislative pathway to NHI

Nicci Botha 2 Oct 2017

Mariné Erasmus, head of the health economics practice at Econex

#HASA2017: UHC funding - the great distraction

Nicci Botha 2 Oct 2017

Shivani Ranchod, Healthcare actuary, Insight Actuaries and Consultants

#HASA2017: Pathways to universal care

Nicci Botha 2 Oct 2017

Sheri Fink, author of Five Days at Memorial. Photo:

#HASA2017: Lessons in medical ethics

Nicci Botha 29 Sep 2017

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