National Treasury is preparing to intervene in four provincial health departments - KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Gauteng and the Northern Cape - after severe financial mismanagement and failing service delivery. - Business Day (8 Dec 2025)
As 2026 approaches, SA’s healthcare system remains strained, caught between scientific progress and persistent financial and administrative instability. - Marcus Low in Spotlight (8 Dec 2025)
The Pharmaceutical Task Group (PTG), has urged the Health Department to immediately reconsider the newly gazetted increase of only 1.47%, in the maximum Single Exit Price (SEP) for medicines in 2026. – Business Day (8 Dec 2025)
Business Day reports that, while 2026 medical scheme contribution increases will remain mostly single digit, the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) warns that the sector’s stability is artificial, as schemes increasingly rely on reserves to contain costs.