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HIV/AIDS

Revolutionary anti-HIV injection may redefine SA’s public health response

15 Sep 2025

North-West University medical school named the NWU Desmond Tutu School of Medicine

Higher Education

North-West University medical school named the NWU Desmond Tutu School of Medicine

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 24 Apr 2025

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

Healthcare

G20 Health Working Group kicks off in South Africa with a focus on global health equity

26 Mar 2025

Image source: Elena Elisseeva –

Legislation & Regulation

Draft regulations for the registration of traditional health practitioners

8 Jul 2024

Healthcare

HASA welcomes GNU, commits to healthcare reforms

2 Jul 2024

Source: @GovernmentZA/X. SA's continued finance minister, Enoch Godongwana.

Finance

Godongwana holds onto Finance Ministry in new Cabinet

Katja Hamilton 1 Jul 2024

Healthcare

1 Mpox fatality, 4 in recovery

13 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, chief executive officer of the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (Ipasa).

Nursing

Our nurses, our future: Addressing the critical issue of sustainability in SA’s healthcare sector

13 May 2024

Source: WikiCommons. The common yellow commelina, one of the popular plants used to treat children.

Natural Medicine

Medicinal plants help keep children healthy in South Africa: 61 species were recorded

T Ndhlovu, A O Omotayo, A O Aremu and W Otang-Mbeng 26 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Amsterdam Institute for Global Health & Development.

Tuberculosis

$94m injected into TB fight

25 Mar 2024

Surgical Equipment & Products

The R500m KfW donation that spotlights Joe Phaahla

29 Jan 2024

NHI

Samatu commends NHI Bill approval for Universal Health Coverage

11 Dec 2023

Source: National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

Public Health

Fatal diphtheria outbreak claims inmate's life in Western Cape prison

10 Nov 2023

Practice management

Healthcare system burdened by unfounded cases of medical malpractice

9 Nov 2023

Public Health

Health Department unveils plan to introduce new vaccines

16 Oct 2023

Source: Facebook/South African Government. The minister of health, Joe Phaahla,

Healthcare

Minister denies cover-up in NW Health corruption allegations

13 Sep 2023

National Health Insurance Bill

Medical Law

National Health Insurance Bill

Randhir Naicker, Issued by Cox Yeats 25 Jun 2023

Covid-19

Phaahla urges Brics nations to maintain vigilance against Covid-19

8 Aug 2023

Hospital Groups

Limpopo Central Hospital scheduled for grand opening in 2026

19 Jul 2023

Financial Services

Court orders Council for Medical Schemes to cough up source documents on low-cost benefit options

Neesa Moodley 18 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

South Africa pursues universal health cover in face of headwinds

Wendell Roelf 14 Jun 2023

Public Health

OHSC welcomes appointment of new health ombud

5 Jun 2023

Healthcare

R60m medical stores facility unveiled at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital

19 May 2023

Covid-19

Covid-19 global health emergency over, but pandemic not over - Health Dept

8 May 2023

Source: Pixabay.

Healthcare

South Africa still far from providing equitable healthcare for all, summit reveals

Katja Hamilton 4 May 2023

Public Health

Consortium sparks debate over intellectual property of mRNA vaccines manufactured in SA

Katja Hamilton 21 Apr 2023

Public Health

Consider more than 200 hospitals for possible exclusion from load shedding, legal team says

27 Feb 2023

Source: ©Elvira Koneva 123rf.com

Covid-19

Anti-vax appeal - court asked to stop South Africa's Covid vaccination campaign pending an investigation

18 Jan 2023

Social Media

Twitter report on most followed leaders in SA released

13 Jan 2023

Covid-19

South Africa sees no need for new Covid restrictions for now - health minister

10 Jan 2023

NHI

NHI: Implementation headaches loom for health dept

Ndivhuwo Mukwevho 4 Jan 2023

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Legislation & Regulation

National Health Insurance Bill almost ready to be tabled in Parly

13 Dec 2022

NHI

The NHI's newest generation of reforms are rolling out... but who exactly is in charge?

Katja Hamilton 29 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. Patrick Ngassa Piotie, chairperson of the South African Diabetes Alliance.

Noncommunicable diseases

SA Diabetes Alliance calls for urgent national diabetes education programme

10 Nov 2022

Public Health

Second monkeypox case detected in the Western Cape

16 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Reuters. A healthcare worker administers the Pfizer coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine to a man, amidst the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Covid-19

SA reports first death causally linked to Covid vaccine

Alexander Winning and Mark Potter 5 Aug 2022

Healthcare

SA's health minister tests positive for Covid-19

20 Jul 2022

No masks mean more Mice!

MICE

No masks mean more Mice!

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 27 Jun 2022

Image source: Polina Tankilevitch from

Legislation & Regulation

Remaining Covid-19 regulations cancelled

23 Jun 2022

Image source: August de Richelieu from

Primary & Secondary Education

Mask on: Health clarifies the wearing of masks by children at school

6 May 2022

Image source: Wavebreak Media Ltd –

Primary & Secondary Education

UPDATE: Schools are NOT mask-free zones for kids

5 May 2022

Image source: scyther5 –

Legislation & Regulation

Extension on Covid-19 regulation public comments

5 May 2022

Over 600 schools impacted by KZN floods

Primary & Secondary Education

Over 600 schools impacted by KZN floods

29 Apr 2022

Source: iStock.

Healthcare

South Africa must not allow Health Act amendments to replace State of Disaster regulations

Cilliers Brink 6 Apr 2022

Image source: Artem Podrez from

Law Practice

National State of Disaster on Covid-19 extended

15 Mar 2022

Source: Jason Briscoe via

Travel

SA hospitality welcomes proposal for amendments to PCR test travel requirements

4 Mar 2022

Over 100,000 practical training opportunities for learners

Higher Education

Over 100,000 practical training opportunities for learners

25 Feb 2022

Public Sector Leaders (PSL) welcomes in the new year and the road to recovery

Magazines

Public Sector Leaders (PSL) welcomes in the new year and the road to recovery

Issued by Topco Media 12 Jan 2022

Picture: Danette Breitenbach

Covid-19

SA stays on Alert Level One with mandatory vaccinations to be investigated

Danette Breitenbach 28 Nov 2021

Source: Department of Health

Covid-19

Covid-19: New variant with multiple mutations detected in SA

Danette Breitenbach 25 Nov 2021