The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) agreed to hear arguments from the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) following a High Court ruling to block the introduction of low-cost benefit options (LCBOs) into the market, reported Business Day (8 October2025)
People with irregular sleep patterns that get less than the recommended seven hours of sleep per night face a 22% higher mortality risk than the general population, according to Discovery’s latest research. – (Business Day 8 October 2025)
Reuters reported on 7 October that American scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell, alongside their Japanese colleague Shimon Sakaguchi, have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
The future of African health financing must be forged in Africa itself, said Finance Minister Encoch Godongwane at an African Union event in Johannesburg – Bloomberg (2 October 2025)