31 October 2025
- Medical schemes rapped for illegal rejections – IOL
- Judge juggles private health care/public interest tangle – Legalbrief
- Victoria Hospital: A legacy of healthcare excellence for over 130 years
- Chaos marred RAF’s direct claims strategy, says ex-manager
- Tembisa Hospital: Shortage of food and medicine for patients, linked to R2 billion looting scandal
- All Saints Hospital has been without water for three weeks – TimesLIVE
- Sister Dorothy Witbooi: nearly 50 Years of commitment at Tygerberg Hospital – Cape Argus
- Ramaphosa protects nephew Maumela from further SIU investigation into his other Health contracts
- Breaking Barriers in Healthcare: Desmond Tutu Health Foundation’s LGBTQI+ Equality Programme
- Pink Goddesses united in support of cancer [Video] | South Coast Sun – The Citizen
- Eastern Cape healthcare workers carry water to wards amid shortage – News24
- Doctor ‘finished off’ murdered anti-apartheid icon Luthuli
- Nelson Mandela Bay chemotherapy drug crisis puts patients at risk – Daily Maverick
- Deputy Minister Joe Phaahla conducts health facility oversight visit in the North West, 31 Oct
- Paradigm Hospital nears completion and promises to transform Endumeni healthcare
- Long queues and crime: The harsh reality of healthcare in the Western Cape
- Chronic renal dialysis – Momentum Medical Scheme
- 2026 medical scheme contribution increases: relief for members after a year of sharp hikes
- Discovery, Bonitas, Momentum: How your 2026 medical aid increase compares – IOL
- Medical Wellness Clinic Day at South Hills Recreation Centre | Southern Courier
- Pain for people on medical aid: Private healthcare faces shake-up as NHI showdown looms
- Breast Cancer Survival Rates Are Rising – FAnews
- HIV is not a death sentence, says Grinkler – IOL
- Dis-Chem set for stronger full-year performance
- Nelson Mandela Bay chemotherapy drug crisis puts patients at risk – Daily Maverick
- Sanlam Gap & Primary Health: Optimizing Medical Aid – Fedhealth
- The impact of removing medical tax credits on medical aid members – Moneyweb
- BHF asks Treasury for clarity on plan to phase out medical tax credits
- Is government planning to cut medical scheme tax credits to fund NHI? – The Citizen
- Sanlam Fintech supercharges its AI Coach tool with the integration of medical health solutions
- LISTEN | Sebokeng Hospital workers down tools over ‘unsafe’ kitchen – Sowetan
30 October 2025
- Hospital oxygen plant tender unchanged despite assurances – Juta MedicalBrief
- Medication shortage hits KZN familes – eNCA
- World class Groote Schuur scoops global recognition – Juta MedicalBrief
- SIU calls for probe into Health HoD’s suspicious finances – Juta MedicalBrief
- Mochoboroane refutes allegations of mismanagement at top hospital – Lesotho Times
- New action plan — Public Works declares end to era of construction failures – Daily Maverick
- Higher education crisis exposes a ministry being recaptured – Daily Maverick
- Revealed: Maziya’s share in tainted IDT oxygen tender ‘left as it was’ despite Motsoaledi’s promises
- BACKSTORY: Dumisani Bomela of the Hospital Association of South Africa – Financial Mail
- Parliament of South Africa Joins Global Effort to Eradicate Tuberculosis Through Signing of …
- Over half a million South Africans died from TB in eight years – Sunday Times
- On which legal arguments are the NHI court cases set to turn? Part 2: Right to healthcare services
- Motsoaledi, Didiza relaunch TB caucus in bid to rally political support for eradication of tuberculosis
- HPCSA sanctions UN Special Rapporteur Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng – SAZF – POLITICS
- WHO boss hails SA’ s approval of Lenacapavir as a game-changer for HIV battle
- Gauteng health highlights urgent need for faster stroke response – POWER 98.7
- MPs lambast DPWI for failing to table forensic report on IDT oxygen plant tender – EWN
- DA wants amendments to NHI, takes aim at Motsoaledi – Polity.org.za
- SA’ s fight against illegal medicine: Zimbabwean national arrested in Khayelitsha
- New taxes to fund National Health Insurance are ‘nearly a decade away’ – SA Labour News
- SIU calls for probe into Health HoD’s suspicious finances – Juta MedicalBrief
- Ritshidze monitoring unmasks severe service slide in Gauteng, KZN, and Eastern Cape post-Pepfar cuts
29 October 2025
- Cuban doctor accused of stealing medication from Limpopo hospital released on warning
- Minister Motsoaledi relaunches SA TB Caucus, reaffirms commitment to ending the disease
- Dropping medical tax credits, introducing payroll taxes among Health Dept’s proposals for NHI – EWN
- Revealed: Maziya’s share in tainted IDT oxygen tender ‘left as it was’ despite Motsoaledi’s promises
- Sanac calls for stronger local supply chains to end TB in South Africa – Daily Dispatch
- Doctors Without Borders calls on SA to help hurt Gazans | The Citizen
- First Smile Week held at Durban’ s Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital – Mercury
- SA approves long-acting HIV jab set to curb new infections
- 2026 Medical Scheme Contribution Increases: Relief for Members After a Year of Sharp Hikes
- KwaZulu-Natal Health Department enhances service delivery through hands-on hospital visits
- Witbank Hospital staff experience life in a wheelchair through wheelchair race – The Citizen
- Health Department won’t turn away foreign nationals – EWN
- State of the art stoma clinic launched at Sebokeng Hospital | Sedibeng Ster – The Citizen
- Cuban doctor in court for allegedly stealing hospital medication – Sowetan
- Understanding gap cover and why it may be a solution for you – Cape Times
- Why do South Africans consider critical illness cover a luxury? – The Citizen
28 October 2025
- NUMSA statement on deadlock in Auto wage talks – POLITICS – Politicsweb
- Private healthcare system ‘unsustainable’ and driving up unnecessary hospital costs – Moneyweb
- REVEALED:Attempts to hack Funduzi Forensic Services Director’s emails amid fresh drugs shortage investigation against SwaziPharm Director Kareem Ashraff.
- Forum questions lack of arrest in Tembisa Hospital corruption scandal
- Hangwani Maumela Linked to R52m Pagani Hypercar Purchase Amid Tembisa Hospital Corruption Probe
- R52m Pagani purchase tied to Tembisa Hospital funds
- Criminal charges and return of money should be expedited against Maumela and Tembisa Hospital kingpins
- SA becomes first African country to register groundbreaking anti-HIV injection lenacapavir
- The medical aid myth: Why ‘I’m covered’ could cost you dearly – Moneyweb
- The company they keep — Cele and Mchunu on Matlala, Mogotsi and a murdered convict
- Here’s how South Africa should plan for HIV without donor funding
27 October 2025
- One state hospital in South Africa offers world-class medical care – BusinessTech
- 16 Little Lives Get the Gift of a Smile at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital’s 1st Smile Week!
- Surgeons remove up to 100 magnets from New Zealand teen’s gut – eNCA
- Western Cape hospitals stretched as emergency cases top one million – IOL
- End of an era for 135-year-old company in South Africa – BusinessTech
- Activist protesting at Union Buildings against proposals to criminalise baby savers – EWN
- Rotavirus breakthrough infections responsible for gastroenteritis in vaccinated infants who …
- Phalaborwa Rotary raises R318k for cataract surgeries | Letaba Herald – The Citizen
- Suspended Gauteng health head deemed ‘high-risk’ individual – Sunday Times
- Tambo Memorial Hospital shines as Gauteng’s best in eye care
- Cuban doctor arrested for stealing medication from Limpopo hospital – The Citizen
- Xenophobia, ignorance and civic deficits: Rethinking African attitudes toward migrants in …
- Shake-up ahead: A guide to smarter medical cover – Moneyweb
- SA launches digital TB dashboard to track national testing efforts – Channel Africa
- Minister Motsoaledi to launch interactive public-facing TB Dashboard – National Department of Health
- Cape Mental Health encourages lending a helping hand to the vulnerable
- Halfway House Clinic champions mental health awareness with community event | Midrand Reporter
- Sugar tax: a policy without evidence – Business Report
- Expectations split for interest rate cuts in South Africa
- Bonitas makes Top500 list for third consecutive year – FAnews
- Wellness is a matter of life and death for Gauteng – Daily Maverick
- Joburg’s new forensic lab misses 5th deadline, completion now a ‘Christmas’ wish
24 October 2025
- Bheki Cele drops a bombshell: Senzo Mchunu asked Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala to fund his …
- Derelict buildings spark safety concerns – Talk of the Town
- Health dept, SAMRC and Stellenbosch Uni to transform healthcare policy decision-making in South Africa
- Spar Health extends its reach with strategic Aptekor Group acquisition
- Medihelp shines bright green in the 2024/25 Customer Experience Index with two top honours
- NHI: Court application filed to oppose state’s delay tactics – Sakeliga – Politicsweb
- Minister Blade Nzimande: Bio Africa- CPHIA 2025 Convention – South African Government
- Roche, Health Writers Partner to Boost Breast Cancer Awareness
- ‘ALL BILL’ COULD BE DA’S DO OR DIE MOMENT
- Sakeliga criticises government’s bid to halt six constitutional challenges against the NHI Act
- Cyril Ramaphosa’ s bold vision for South Africa’ s future – Business Report
- Vusimuzi Matlala to learn fate as High Court decides on bail bid – eNCA
- Minister Aaron Motsoaledi launches interactive public-facing TB Dashboard, 24 Oct
- Cele defends meeting Matlala, Mkhwanazi withdraws ‘mistaken’ allegation – Inside Politic
23 October 2025
- Sakeliga launches fresh salvo against health minister’s NHI Act legal strategy
- Court halts sentencing of director in multi-million fraud case linked to Durban’s Albert Luthuli Hospital
- A letter appealing to world leaders’ humanity from MSF’s International President
- KZN Health Department Denies Newborn Death at Addington Hospital, Launches Probe into …
- ‘This is the tip of the iceberg’: Motsoaledi vows more seizures in Tembisa Hospital probe
- Discovery leads 2025 Medical Aid Customer Experience Index as industry works to close value gap
- Almost R20 million spent on Emfuleni clinic that was never built | The Citizen
- Altron HealthTech pilots South Africa’s first oncology companian app ThriveLink
- Spar targets healthcare market with Aptekor deal – Business Day
- Plunge in public healthcare services after Pepfar cuts – Juta MedicalBrief
- The Tembisa Hospital scandal – Corruption fatigue in South Africa – IOL
- Carletonville Hospital faces water shortage amid ongoing municipal outages – The Citizen
- Flavourings in South African baby food could pose health risk, finds new Stellies study
- The last right: Why South Africa must legalise assisted dying
22 October 2025
- Cosatu urges prosecution for Tembisa Hospital looters
- South African actuaries launch first country-specific climate index
- UnitedHealth tests AI system to streamline medical claims processing – Bloomberg
- SAFTU supports full recovery of money ‘looted’ at Tembisa Hospital
- Groote Schuur staff run for a cause: R20 million needed for emergency centre
- “Don’t leak Swazipharm Kareem Ashraff’s warrant of arrest file to Zwemart,” Chief Justice Bheki Maphalala warns Court Registrars.
- PSA cautiously welcomes health sector anti-corruption measures
- From toilets to TB: Candice Andisiwe Sehoma’s life of activism
- Bonitas wins Ask Africa Orange Index Award for second year running
- Ritshidze report spotlights ‘system-wide slide’ in basics for health facility standards after Pepfar cuts
- A mind to heal
- How R300m owed by the RAF shuttered a hospital
- Probe launched after woman told ‘to walk’ to labour ward, gives birth in hospital corridor
- MICHAEL AVERY: Whistle-blower detonates bombshell on Bonitas
- Genesis of Businesses in the Medical Industry in South Africa
- Court dismisses patient’s claim over faulty drip
- Spec-Savers launches hearing aid financial service
- Why early breast cancer detection saves lives, by Medshield
- Fruit juices in South Africa are getting a free ride: why they should have the same health warning labels as fizzy drinks
- South Africa’s palliative care standards gain global recognition
- Redefining broking under state-funded healthcare
- How medical aid shortfalls affect your financial future
- The lifetime toll of medical aid shortfalls
21 October 2025
- MICHAEL AVERY: Whistle-blower detonates bombshell on Bonitas
- Human rights are threatened when health is commodified
- The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?
- Municipal workers urged to include Melomed in their medical aid choices for accessible healthcare
- Why your salary can’t keep up with your medical aid
- SA’s changing medical aid landscape – Moneyweb Radio – iono.fm
- Circular 37 of 2025: Approval of appointment of scheme auditors
20 October 2025
- SAFTU on the Tembisa Hospital Corruption Scandal
- Tembisa Hospital corruption: A call for ethical leadership in healthcare
- City Power Targets Non-Paying Customers in Auckland Park as Hospital Pays R17 Million Debt
- SANBS re-envisions ethics for Global Ethics Day
- Health Minister Pledges to Hold Tembisa Hospital’s Late CEO Accountable for Corruption
- Call for South Africans to sign up as organ donors
- The bus, the bodies – and the ARVs that tell a bigger story
- Tambo Hospital streamlines care through clinic referrals
- Springbok nurse strikes a balance between trauma care and rugby ambitions
- Kimberley commemorates World Trauma Day with hands-on emergency exhibition
- Suspended Gauteng Health HOD challenges suspension in court
- Child protection group warns making baby savers illegal ‘will cost lives’
- Doctors Without Borders (MSF) regret to announce the permanent closure of its Emergency Centre Turgeau in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- EDITORIAL: State must be cautious about removing medical tax credits
- ‘Rehab from hell’ shut down after patient deaths
- UJ launches South Africa’s first Advanced Rescue Simulation Centre, a continental game-changer in emergency and disaster response
- FAnews in conversation with Glen Sikosana, Executive: New Business Development, Medshield
- SIU to claw back R2.4m from unlawful PPE contract
- 10 Reasons Why HISA 2025 Is a ‘Must-Attend’ Healthcare Event
- Late Tembisa Hospital CEO not off the hook over ‘looting’, says minister
- The contrasting tale of two Lamborghini owners …
- Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital opens Breast Cancer Imaging Unit
- New HIV prevention injection to roll out in South Africa in March 2026
- Namibia Declares Mpox Outbreak After First Confirmed Case
- Discovery Medical Aid 2026 Plans