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Hospital Groups

Melanie Da Costa to take over from Dr Richard Friedland as Netcare CEO

20 May 2026

From hosting the world's first human heart transplant to launching Africa's first public-sector robotic surgery programme, the Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) in Cape Town is a testament to South Africa's pioneering medical advancements. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Pharmaceuticals

#SAPHEX2026: Insights into South Africa’s evolving healthcare landscape

Christopher Perumal 3 Jun 2026

Source: Supplied. Nokuzola Mtshiya, Head: Stakeholder Relations and Business Development, Board of Healthcare Funders.

Financial Services

Shattering ceilings: How women are revolutionising healthcare in SA

29 Aug 2024

Source: ©Andre Klopper

Hospital Groups

HASA board expanded to meet future healthcare demands

4 Oct 2021

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

NHI

After NHI - South Africans can still choose medical aids

Nicci Botha 27 Aug 2019

Photo: Kempton Express

Public Health

Is NHI going to make the SA economy even sicker?

Jasson Urbach 27 Feb 2019

Hospital Groups

New board for Hospital Association of South Africa

8 Dec 2015

Hospital Groups

HASA elects new board

7 Nov 2013

HASA appoints new chairperson

Hospital Groups

HASA appoints new chairperson

3 Oct 2012

Hospital Groups

Company news: Access to healthcare and scarcity of resources – a public and private challenge

Issued by Martina Nicholson Associates (MNA) 3 Mar 2008