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Medical Aid

Rising mega gap claims signal growing healthcare funding woes

Martin Rimmer 1 Sep 2025

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Medical Aid

HQA 2024: Progress and pitfalls for South Africa's private healthcare sector

21 Aug 2025

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

Source: GCIS. President Cyril Ramaphosa at a bilateral meeting with President Karin Keller-Sutter of Switzerland on the margins of the first meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Governors in Cape Town in February 2025.

NHI

Plea for transparency: Ramaphosa to release NHI Bill approval records

8 May 2025

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Pharmaceuticals

Celgene to face Tribunal on charges of excessive pricing of cancer drug

17 Dec 2024

NHI

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

Katja Hamilton 16 Aug 2024

NHI

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

22 Jul 2024

NHI

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

27 Nov 2023

NHI

"Business must stop grovelling and realise its power to oppose NHI"

David Ansara 22 Nov 2023

Source: Twitter @paystack

Healthcare

With the right payment partner, great patient experiences continue long after hospital discharges

Joel Bronkowski 13 Sep 2023

Medical Aid

Medical schemes mandated to cap cost increases at 5%

Katja Hamilton 10 Aug 2023

Source: Supplied.

Medical Aid

Discovery Health, Clicks and Auto & General bring new affordable private healthcare to the nation

13 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Quro's Sister Vuyelwa is seen here with patient 'Ramasela' who received a knee replacement and hospital-at-home care thanks to Quro's new social-development partnership with Operation Healing Hands.

Healthcare

Quro Medical joins forces with Operation Healing Hands to bring public-sector relief

27 Oct 2022

Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Medical Law

Mom wins court battle against medical scheme

Tania Broughton 29 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Damian McHugh executive at Momentum Health Solutions.

NHI

Predicting South Africa's healthcare of tomorrow against the backdrop of the NHI

Damian McHugh 2 Aug 2022

Is it the end of the road for private medical aids?

Medical Aid

Is it the end of the road for private medical aids?

Katja Hamilton 7 Jul 2022

Pioneering the Right Care

Oncology

Pioneering the Right Care

Issued by Icon Oncology 31 May 2022

Paymenow adds NetcarePlus and Discovery Health to its value-added service offering

Fintech

Paymenow adds NetcarePlus and Discovery Health to its value-added service offering

16 May 2022

Launch of CareConnect: a health information exchange for SA

Healthcare

Launch of CareConnect: a health information exchange for SA

15 Apr 2022

Healthcare

Consolidation and acquisitions will become key focus areas for private healthcare into the future

Liza Eustace 15 Mar 2022

Banking

TymeBank launches breakthrough medical-insurance offering

11 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied.

Public Health

Johannesburg health village to open free screenings to the public

10 Mar 2022

Healthcare

Probe into Roche's inflated pricing of cancer-treatment drug

9 Feb 2022

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Medical Aid

Medical scheme consolidation a notable trend

29 Oct 2021

Source: ©World Diabetes Day

Noncommunicable diseases

#IfNotNowWhen: Confronting the diabetes tsunami

26 Oct 2021

Alexandra Miszewski

Social Entrepreneurship

#WomensMonth: Alexandra Miszewski's bold vision for business

Evan-Lee Courie 9 Aug 2021

South Africa should train all pharmacists to give vaccinations

Covid-19

South Africa should train all pharmacists to give vaccinations

Velisha Ann Perumal-Pillay 11 Jun 2021

Herbalife Nutrition appoints first South African NAB member

Retail

Herbalife Nutrition appoints first South African NAB member

Issued by Clockwork Digital 13 May 2021

How Covid-19 has changed our thinking

Covid-19

How Covid-19 has changed our thinking

Issued by Strategic Business Services 19 Mar 2021

Covid-19

More than 67,000 health workers vaccinated so far

1 Mar 2021

Ahmed Banderker, CEO, AfroCentric Group

Covid-19

3 ways the Budget Speech impacts healthcare in SA

Ahmed Banderker 25 Feb 2021

Can mobile technology 'vaccinate' SA's private healthcare industry against Covid-19?

Covid-19

Can mobile technology 'vaccinate' SA's private healthcare industry against Covid-19?

Issued by Insight Survey 16 Nov 2020

Lee Callakoppen, principal officer, Bonitas Medical Fund.

NHI

Working together to improve SA's healthcare system

Lee Callakoppen 29 Oct 2020

NHI

NHI implementation hinges on systems integrator, not technology

Kumar Utpal 21 Apr 2020

Court develops common law allowing for services as compensation for future medical damages

Medical Law

Court develops common law allowing for services as compensation for future medical damages

Sandra Sithole 20 Jan 2020

Madelein Barkhuizen, executive manager of sales, distribution, marketing & communication, Bestmed Medical Aid Scheme

Trends

#BizTrends2020: Diagnosing SA's healthcare sector

Madelein Barkhuizen 7 Jan 2020

Netcare is one of three hospital groups found to dominated the facilities market. Shutterstock

Hospital Groups

How a lack of competition in South Africa's private health sector hurts consumers

1 Nov 2019

The costly business of nursing negligence

Public Health

The costly business of nursing negligence

15 Oct 2019

Lerato Mosiah, CEO of the Health Funders Association

Hospital Groups

HMI recommendations will contribute to universal coverage

10 Oct 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Hospital Groups

HMI report: Private sector characterised by high costs and no competition

1 Oct 2019

#HASA2019: Collaboration - the art of possible

Hospital Groups

#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

NHI

After NHI - South Africans can still choose medical aids

Nicci Botha 27 Aug 2019

Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize

NHI

#HASA2019: NHI is a work in progress

Nicci Botha 26 Aug 2019

NHI

No mandatory requirement for South Africans to join NHI

21 Aug 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty

Tourism

South Africa, a medical tourism destination not fully realised

23 Apr 2019