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Nursing

Nigerian nurses end 7-day 'warning strike'

4 Aug 2025

Tuberculosis

TB is like “devastating slavery” - Health Minister

25 Jul 2025

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Tuberculosis

Historic TB vaccine meeting in SA eyes epidemic endgame

23 Jul 2025

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Ethics & Medicolegal

EMS shortages will cause medical malpractice claims

16 Jul 2025

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HIV/AIDS

SA Health to fund HIV/Aids research to fill Pepfar void

10 Jul 2025

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Medical Aid

Report finds racial bias in medical schemes remain

8 Jul 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

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

The future of medicine and wellness unveiled at WHX Cape Town

21 May 2025

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Gates, others launch $500m maternal, newborn health fund, bucking aid cuts trend

30 Apr 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

Healthcare

Government allocates R1.78bn to recruit healthcare professionals

Lucy Raitano and Kevin Buckland 11 Apr 2025

Advertising

Controversy erupts over R28m spent on NHI marketing

24 Feb 2025

Emergency Medicine

Western Cape EMS responds to record 69,000 calls during festive season

27 Jan 2025

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

Davos panel unveils $1tn opportunity by addressing women's health gap

Katja Hamilton 12 Feb 2025

Healthcare

Samatu condemns government inaction on unemployed doctors, warns of public healthcare crisis

Dr Cedric Sihlangu 8 Jan 2025

Healthcare

Tragedy strikes WHO Africa: Leadership transition uncertain

Katja Hamilton 28 Nov 2024

NHI

President Ramaphosa, Business Unity SA enter into NHI talks

19 Sep 2024

Source: Biovac.

Emergency Medicine

Ghanaian minister visits Biovac to explore vaccine capabilities

14 Aug 2024

NHI

Busa encouraged by Ramaphosa’s commitment to find consensus on NHI

22 Jul 2024

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Legislation & Regulation

Traditional healers: New regulations to provide clarity

John Botha 18 Jul 2024

Healthcare

HASA welcomes GNU, commits to healthcare reforms

2 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Minister Wenger visits Western Cape hospitals, supports healthcare

1 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

Source: Supplied. The Ministry of Health of Ghana signing an MoU with AstraZeneca. Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, director public health, Ghana Health Service; Winfred Ofosu, Ghana Health Service; Deepak Arora, country president, African Cluster, AstraZeneca, and Ruud Dobber, executive vice president, BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit, AstraZeneca.

Public Health

Growth of AstraZeneca’s flagship health equity programme

3 Jun 2024

Source: iStock.

NHI

Opposition mounts against NHI Bill

15 May 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

Healthcare

2024 BHF Titanium Award winners

9 May 2024

Doctors and medical practitioners under the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) participate in a demonstration to demand payment of their salary arrears and the immediate hiring of trainee doctors, among other grievances, in Nairobi, Kenya, 16 April 2024. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Public Health

Kenyan government doctors sign agreement to end strike

George Obulutsa 9 May 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Kenyan doctors strike over pay and training extends into third week

George Obulutsa and Duncan Miriri 3 Apr 2024

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

Tuberculosis

$94m injected into TB fight

25 Mar 2024

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

More than 2 million benefit from land reform programme

14 Mar 2024

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Legislation & Regulation

No limitations for THC - proposed update to Medicines and Related Substances Act

11 Mar 2024

Public Health

Anti-vaxxers thrashed in court

Tania Broughton 11 Mar 2024

NHI

Court ruling bolsters NHI's recruitment drive ahead of pending Bill approval

1 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Tayyibat Mohammed, Nigerian Consul General, United Arab Emirates; Prince Tonye T.J.T Princewill, executive chairman, RivExcel; Buti Al Mulla, chairman of the Board of Directors of Mohamed & Obaid AlMulla Group; Sherif Beshara, group chief executive officer of Mohamed & Obaid AlMulla Group and American Hospital, Dubai; Marwan Al Mulla, general director, Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and Mohamed Al Mheri, director of Health Tourism, Dubai Health Authority (DHA).

Public Health

American Hospital Dubai and RivExcel expand medical tourism reach

9 Feb 2024

Healthcare

Merck Foundation honours outstanding African researchers at 2023 MARS Awards

3 Jan 2024

NHI

Rubber stamping NHI Bill will have damaging consequences for SA for generations

27 Nov 2023

Practice management

Healthcare system burdened by unfounded cases of medical malpractice

9 Nov 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

Medical Aid

Board of Health Funders exposes transparency concerns in healthcare regulation

Katja Hamilton 8 Aug 2023

Source: Twitter/@i_likebrandon

Public Health

Violence escalates amid ongoing Cape Metropole taxi strike, affecting emergency response

Katja Hamilton 8 Aug 2023

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Legislation & Regulation

National Health Insurance Bill: Questions still remain

Martin Versfeld, Prelisha Singh, Glenn Penfold & Robert Appelbaum 19 Jun 2023

Public Health

OHSC welcomes appointment of new health ombud

5 Jun 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

NHI

NHI excludes asylum seekers from healthcare service coverage, legal advisers warn

Katja Hamilton 31 Mar 2023