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 | SA is tackling the worst measles outbreak in more than a decade... read |
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 | | Cape Town has a new virtual medical-support centre offering affordable expert advice on, and treatment of angioedema and hereditary angioedema (HAE).read |
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| Ethics & Medicolegal |
 | GEORGINA CROUTH The cigarette manufacturer says illicit tobacco is driving out legal operators and depriving South Africa of billions in excise duty... Read |
| Medical Aid |
 | South African insurer Discovery Ltd reported a 9% drop in interim profit on Thursday, hurt by higher interest rates and macroeconomic volatility... Read |
| Medical Research |
 | KATJA HAMILTON The 14th International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG 2023) - hosted for the first time in Cape Town - kicked off to a great start this week... Read |
| Medical Technology |
 | The combined investment will be used to unlock the company's next phase of growth, as it aims to address critical shortages in the African and emerging market healthcare sector... Read |
| Mental health |
 | In the face of a mental health pandemic in South Africa, the share of the national public health budget allocated to mental healthcare is woefully inadequate... Read |
| Nutrition |
 | ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR DIETETICS IN SOUTH AFRICA Load shedding dishes up a wide range of inconveniences and frustrations, but it may well be having far more serious effects when it comes to our eating habits... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY CANSA It's that time of the year to shave, spray and donate at the Cancer Association of South Africa's (Cansa) 20th annual Shavathon fundraising event taking place, at various shopping centres across South Africa, on Saturday 25 February 2023... Read |
| Pharmaceuticals |
 | The Consumer Goods Council of South Africa said there were some positive announcements that will "benefit the consumer goods sector in particular and the economy in general"... Read |
| Public Health |
 | One person with no travel history has died due to cholera in South Africa, the health department said on Thursday, as the number of confirmed cases in the country rose to five. Read |
 | Ebere Okereke is Africa Public Health Foundation's new chief executive officer... Read |
 | The case brought forward by ActionSA and UDM is set to be heard on 20 March 2023 in the Gauteng High court... Read |
 | Cape Town is set to be hub for the research and manufacturing of vaccines in Africa... Read |
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 | HUMPHREY MALALO AND AYENAT MERSIE Facebook parent company Meta has filed an appeal in Kenya challenging a ruling that said the company could be sued in the East African country even though it has no official presence there... Read |
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 | DHEVARSHA RAMJETTAN New National Minimum Wage hourly rates, effective 1 March 2023, will have a significant impact on labour-intensive industries... Read |
 | BRETT ABRAHAM & MEHNAAZ BUX From 1 March 2023, the earnings threshold will increase to R241,110.59, entitling employees falling below the new threshold to stricter protections in terms of labour legislation... Read |
 | Eskom has appointed Calib Cassim as its interim chief executive following Andre de Ruyter's departure... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS If everything stays exactly the same, the electricity crisis will get significantly worse in 5-10 years' time, says the CSIR's Warrick Pierce... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON The Eskom debt relief, amounting to R254bn, requires a step change in public debt which will result in government debt stabilising at 73.6% of GDP in 2025/26... Read |
 | Godongwana said the tax incentive available for businesses would be temporarily expanded to encourage rapid private investment... Read |
 | This will see government forego R4bn in revenue... Read |
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