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NHN and Cohsasa host Florida International University delegation at NHN head office in Cape Town

Education & Training

NHN and Cohsasa host Florida International University delegation at NHN head office in Cape Town

Issued by COHSASA 13 Aug 2025

President Ramaphosa on his oversight visit to the Nuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure (NuMeRI) facility housed at the hospital in Pretoria on Tuesday, 24 June 2025. Image credit: SA Government

NHI

Steve Biko Hospital is a blueprint for NHI's future - Ramaphosa

25 Jun 2025

Image credit: Aditya Romansa on Unsplash

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Natural birth vs C-section: What you need to know

23 Jun 2025

Biggles Removals weekly update on Pretoria East’s property, infrastructure and moving activity

Trends

Biggles Removals weekly update on Pretoria East’s property, infrastructure and moving activity

Issued by Biggles Removals 9 May 2025

Source: Reuters.

Medical Aid

A new low-cost medical scheme is here from Discovery Health

13 Nov 2024

Medshield explains the difference between medical aid schemes and medical insurance

Medical Aid

Medshield explains the difference between medical aid schemes and medical insurance

Issued by Stone 25 Sep 2024

NHI

From queues to convenience: how technology is making healthcare more efficient

5 Sep 2024

Healthcare

Healthcare’s blank cheque safety net pushes up costs

3 Sep 2024

NHI

Busa rejects NHI-focused Health Compact, criticises lack of consultation

Katja Hamilton 16 Aug 2024

Ethics & Medicolegal

Judge blocks government plan to tell private hospitals and doctors where they can go

Tania Broughton 25 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. Lydia Hendricks, director at FM Solutions.

NHI

NHI Bill highlights the crucial role of proper maintenance in healthcare facilities

Lydia Hendricks 11 Jul 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

The Limpopo Mirror is published in Louis Trichardt, a town in the north of South Africa’s Limpopo province. Photo: Anton van Zyl

Media

Google and Facebook are killing local news

Nathan Geffen and Anton van Zyl 8 Mar 2024

Mercedes-Benz accelerates SA's EV landscape with over 100 new charging hubs

Fuel & Energy

Mercedes-Benz accelerates SA's EV landscape with over 100 new charging hubs

Imran Salie 13 Nov 2023

Source: WHO. Time is running out to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe if fuel and life-saving health and humanitarian supplies cannot be urgently delivered to the Gaza Strip amidst the complete blockade.

Healthcare

Healthcare crisis at breaking point in Gaza

Katja Hamilton 19 Oct 2023

NHI

National Health Insurance: All you need to know

12 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied. Morgan Mkhatshwa, clinical executive of Bonitas Medical Fund.

Healthcare

How we're defying load shedding and its impact on patient medicine regimes -Bonitas

Morgan Mkhatshwa 4 Jul 2023

Insurance & Actuarial

Introducing Old Mutual's new health insurance

23 May 2023

Digital relationships could help healthcare professionals and improve personalised patient care

Medtech

Digital relationships could help healthcare professionals and improve personalised patient care

Issued by Stone 31 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied.

Hospital Groups

Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital reaches top trauma centre status

3 Mar 2023

Medical Aid

The Covid storm may be over, but its impact on the global healthcare sector will be felt for years to come

Katja Hamilton 16 Nov 2022

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

Hospital Groups

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

Issued by COHSASA 19 Jul 2022

Medshield medical scheme introduces an affordable hospital plan to meet the needs of consumers

Medical Aid

Medshield medical scheme introduces an affordable hospital plan to meet the needs of consumers

Issued by Stone 7 Apr 2022

Source: REUTERS. Vuhlari Mtonga, one of the South African medical students who fled Ukraine, is embraced by her sister, Mikateko Mtonga, after arriving at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg in March 2022.

Trends

SA medical students flee Ukraine - not too long ago it was Cuba, remember?

Collette Marais 1 Jun 2022

Healthcare

Medical skills are in short supply; we cannot omit them from the critical skills list

4 Apr 2022

New look, new journey as Smile Foundation celebrates 21 years

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

New look, new journey as Smile Foundation celebrates 21 years

14 Mar 2022

Economy

Premier calls for end of National State of Disaster to address unemployment

24 Jan 2022

Ask Africa Orange Index recognises Netcare Medicross for service consistency

Hospital Groups

Ask Africa Orange Index recognises Netcare Medicross for service consistency

18 Oct 2021

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Public Health

Changing organ donation perceptions

3 Sep 2021

EHS vaccination site

Covid-19

Workplace vaccination rollout fast-tracked

1 Sep 2021

Source: ©visivasnc

Covid-19

Statistics show vaccine benefit

1 Sep 2021

Mediclinic Southern Africa, Icon Oncology and Cancercare celebrate new flagship oncology unit

Oncology

Mediclinic Southern Africa, Icon Oncology and Cancercare celebrate new flagship oncology unit

Issued by Mediclinic Southern Africa 18 Aug 2021

Groote Schuur is one of South Africa’s biggest teaching hospitals. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Covid-19

Covid-19: A glimpse behind the scenes at Groote Schuur Hospital

James Stent 12 Aug 2021

Gauteng premier, David Makhura. Source:

Covid-19

Gauteng "on fire" as Covid-19 infections skyrocket

22 Jun 2021

Image source: Getty/Gallo

NHI

There are alternate solutions to SA's ill-fated NHI

31 May 2021

Private hospitals added to Covid-19 vaccine roll out sites

Covid-19

Private hospitals added to Covid-19 vaccine roll out sites

4 Mar 2021

Covid-19

More than 67,000 health workers vaccinated so far

1 Mar 2021

South Africa's Dis-Chem sales rise on preventative healthcare demand

Retailers

South Africa's Dis-Chem sales rise on preventative healthcare demand

17 Feb 2021

OrCam brings revolutionary artificial vision devices to South Africa

Ophthalmology

OrCam brings revolutionary artificial vision devices to South Africa

Gillian Klawansky, Issued by Orcam 11 Sep 2020

Mining

New capital opportunities for tomorrow's coal sector

Aubrey Chauke 26 Aug 2020

A nurse participates in the drill to test their system capabilities for the Covid-19 coronavirus mass patients influx at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi.

Covid-19

Covid-19 exposes weaknesses in Kenya's healthcare system. And what can be done

Abdu Mohiddin & Marleen Temmerman 29 Jul 2020

SA economy gearing to rebuild as Covid-19 cases exceed 100,000

Research

SA economy gearing to rebuild as Covid-19 cases exceed 100,000

25 Jun 2020

Covid-19: Emergency measures and investor-state arbitration claims

Corporate & Commercial Law

Covid-19: Emergency measures and investor-state arbitration claims

Sarah McKenzie and Chandni Gopal 27 May 2020

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Covid-19

Who decides whether surgery is necessary in a pandemic?

Philip Matley 19 May 2020

Why hospitality management graduates are in high demand across all industries

Hospitality

Why hospitality management graduates are in high demand across all industries

19 Feb 2020

Right to Sight Trust urgently needs funding in support of eyesight-saving surgery

Health & Social Welfare

Right to Sight Trust urgently needs funding in support of eyesight-saving surgery

27 Jan 2020

The costly business of nursing negligence

Public Health

The costly business of nursing negligence

15 Oct 2019