Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has met the South African Medical Association — one of the organisations taking him to court about the National Health Insurance Act — to talk about “things we have in common”. President Cyril Ramaphosa is planning to meet Business Unity South Africa again after an initial meeting in 2024, during which they discussed alternatives to the NHI
Norbert Ndjeka was born on World TB Day. Decades later, he would reshape how South Africa treats the deadliest forms of the disease
The Constitutional Court will hear challenges to the National Health Insurance Act from 5 to 7 May 2026
SCORE: C The Department of Health earns a C this year. Unlike previous years of total decline, the department hit major targets, particularly in its massive HIV and TB programs. By ensuring 96% of people with HIV know their status, South Africa remains a global leader in epidemic control. However, this grade reflects a department […]
None of the companies that will be involved have a licence from the inventor of Lenacapavir, Gilead Sciences, to make the jab
The country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October
The Special Investigating Unit has seized luxury vehicles and artworks worth millions from businessman Hangwani Maumela’s Joburg mansion as part of an R820 million asset recovery
The health department hopes to make the twice-a-year anti-HIV injection lenacapavir available soon and to be buying generics by 2027
The health department has R622 million extra to prop up South Africa’s HIV treatment programme in the wake of foreign aid cuts, but it’s only about a fifth of the total gap
Last month, the health minister said more than half a million previously diagnosed people with HIV have been started on treatment since the end of February
Activists say the health minister is in denial over the impact of US funding cuts and accusing them and the media of overblowing the crisis and spreading disinformation
The latest gut punch arrived earlier this month with Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi gazetting a blanket ban on edible cannabis products
This is despite vacancy rates of 5% to 22% in government clinics and hospitals
Friday is the last day for such outlets, including spaza shops, to register in line with a government directive issued after children’s deaths from contaminated food
SCORE: C Since Aaron Motsoaledi’s appointment, the department has been faced with a spike in foodborne illness, which initiated investigations to trace the cause and the regulation of spaza shops and their owners. This step illustrated positive reinforcement by Motsoaledi to improve oversight of food safety measures taken to decrease the risk of contamination. The […]
The Bill says the same rules should apply to vaping and traditional cigarettes and that both should be sold in plain packaging and banned in all public spaces
The president offered an olive branch to alliance partners to ease tensions over the government of national unity
The board will provide input on the future of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit, the new minister said in his budget speech
Waivers for ZEP holders allegedly contain the incorrect information
The former president pointed to several inconsistencies in the paper, and called for it to be improved
The home affairs minister’s attempted revision of South Africa’s progressive refugee protection policy is discouraging
The country must chart a humane policy for refugees that flows from the spirit and objects of the post-apartheid constitutional order
Aaron Motsoaledi dismissed accusations that his office lacked the political will for electoral reform
Helen Suzman Foundation argues if reprieve is not granted, the government is likely to deport Zimbabweans en masse at the end of the year
The home affairs minister’s decision was unconstitutional and procedurally unfair, the Pretoria high court found
Despite our fears of National Health Insurance NHI being driven by fears of corruption and limited state capacity, the issue of equal access to healthcare for all cannot be dismissed by the fear of what the 16% may lose
The permit, which has allowed tens of thousands of Zimbabweans to live, work and study in South Africa, was initially to be terminated in December 2022
The home affairs minister said Magudumana and Thabo Bester were legally extradited from Tanzania to South Africa
Zolile Sikelele, the father of Bester’s partner, Nandipha Magudumana, was granted bail with conditions on Monday morning
The Helen Suzman Foundation argued in court this week that the home affairs minister mislead permit holders and failed to give them a fair chance to regularise their status
The home affairs minister said he could not confirm the validity of the American passport found in Bester’s possession when he was captured in Tanzania
Home affairs said an exemption had been granted to the man who killed Chris Hani to remain as parole conditions would not be imposed in his native country