In 2024/25 Eastern Cape Health paid R630m - around 2% of its health budget – in medico-legal claims, reducing funds available for staff, medicines, equipment and everyday care. – Business Day (18 Feb 2026)
from major supply deals for the country’s most widely used HIV treatment, reported Business Day.
Doctors at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg have questioned a Gauteng Health Department decision to override their choice of MRI scanners for costlier Chinese equipment (Mamello Clinical Solutions) at R38.5m. – MedicalBrief (19 Feb 2026)
Trade unions in the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) have rejected the Government Employees Medical Scheme’s (GEMS) 9.8% tariff increase effective 1 January. – Times Live (17 Feb 2026)