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…

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.…

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…

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