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Foreign Nationals Not to Blame for SA Healthcare Crisis

15 Jul 2025
“SA’s healthcare infrastructure has been failing to keep pace with population growth and demand for decades, long before migration became a political flashpoint,” reported Daily Maverick(15 July 2025).
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SAHPRA to fast-track local medicines

15 Jul 2025
The SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) will be speeding up the evaluation of locally manufactured drugs and vaccinesto reduce the country's reliance on imports and prevent future supply shortages, reported Business Day (15 July 2025).
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Physiotherapy Sector Wins Approval for Centralised Buying

14 Jul 2025
The Competition Commission (CC) granted SA’s physiotherapy industry leave to pool its purchasing power for the next five years in an effort to lower prices for consumers, Business Day (14 May 2025).
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Physiotherapy Sector Wins Approval for Centralised Buying

14 Jul 2025
The Competition Commission (CC) granted SA’s physiotherapy industry leave to pool its purchasing power for the next five years in an effort to lower prices for consumers, Business Day (14 May 2025).
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Scientists Identify Potential "Obesity Gene

14 Jul 2025
Researchers at the University of Pretoria (UP) have identified a gene that could be central to how our bodies accumulate fat. The study, centred on the novel gene Slc7a8, delves into the cellular mechanics behind weight gain, particularly in response to a high-fat diet.
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Schemes Could Face Legal Action Over Racial Profiling Allegations

14 Jul 2025
The CMS warned that it may take legal action against medical schemes following the inquiry’s findings,Business Day (14 July 2025)
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First Malaria Treatment for Newborns and Infants

09 Jul 2025
Reuters (8 July 2025) reported that Swiss authorities have approved Coartem Baby, pharmaceutical company Novartis’ first-ever medicine specifically designed to treat malaria in infants weighing less than five kilograms.
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Discovery Health Rejects "Flawed" Report on Racial Bias

09 Jul 2025
Discovery Health criticised the CMS appointed panel's findings as "flawed in methodology" and based on "unscientific assumptions and a misinterpretation of complex data". – Business Day (9 July 2025).
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BHF Slams "Fundamentally Flawed" report

08 Jul 2025
Reacting on the CMS report the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF), which represents GEMS, Medscheme, and others, rejected the inquiry's conclusions, labelling them "demonstrably and fundamentally flawed." - Business Day (7 June 2025).
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Life Healthcare backs collaboration to tackle healthcare crisis

27 Nov 2024
Life Healthcare CEO Peter Wharton-Hood has backed a call for greater collaboration between the government and private healthcare providers to address South Africa’s pressing healthcare challenges. This follows a proposal by Netcare CEO Richard Friedland, who suggested adding healthcare as the fourth pillar in an existing government-business partnership focused on revitalising the economy.
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Discovery Life claims back to pre-Covid levels

19 Apr 2024
“Discovery Life distributed R10.3bn to its clients, a decrease from the R11bn paid the previous year,” reported Business Day (19April 2024)
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Hundreds of websites found selling fake weight-loss drugs

16 Apr 2024
Reuters reported on 15 April that the cybersecurity company BrandShield has shut down over 250 websites selling counterfeit versions of popular drugs used for weight loss and diabetes treatment within the GLP-1 class.
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RAF bid to appeal judgment on claim requirements

06 Dec 2023
On 5 December 2023 the Pretoria High Court rejected the Road Accident Fund’s (RAF) request to reconsider a previous verdict from November, reported Business Day. “The ruling mandated eliminating the stringent new requirements for filing claims outlined in a 2021 board notice.”
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Covid-19 vaccines: ‘Health Department squandered the opportunity’

07 Sep 2023
“Health activists are right to draw attention to this grossly unfair situation. (Covid-19 vaccine deals) But the far bigger scandal is that the Health Department squandered the opportunity after spending an estimated R14-bn on Covid-19 jabs and belatedly filling its warehouses with enough doses to vaccinate the nation” – Business Day (7 September 2023).
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EDITORIAL: Health Minister must halt care crisis

20 Jan 2023

NHI, the government’s plan for universal health coverage, rests heavily on nurse-led care. Yet where these nurses will come from is a mystery. – Editorial (Business Day 20 January 2023).
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