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South Africa to welcome new private university by 2026

Why South African advertising needs to rediscover its storytelling roots

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The key role of pharmacy clinics in South Africa's evolving healthcare system

Basic Education works to develop school safety guidelines

Basic Education works to develop school safety guidelines

Source: Ngaa Murombedzi, AHF regional advocacy and policy manager for Southern Africa.

The WHO is nearing a Global Pandemic Agreement - the impact on SA and the Global South

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The key role of pharmacy clinics in South Africa's evolving healthcare system

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Basic Education works to develop school safety guidelines

Basic Education works to develop school safety guidelines

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Judasa issues statement on intern and community service placement

Judasa issues statement on intern and community service placement

3 Nov 2017

Dr Johann Serfontein, Free Market Foundation health policy unit

Free healthcare for all: A political fairytale

2 Nov 2017

Dr Simon Antindi. Photo: Ryan Lenora Brown

Meet the doctors: Take a look at this country's first crop of homegrown physicians

Ryan Lenora Brown 1 Nov 2017

Can virtual nature and poo transplants solve city dwellers' health problems?

Can virtual nature and poo transplants solve city dwellers' health problems?

Anne Cleary and Dave Kendal 1 Nov 2017

Vukani Mngxati, managing director for healthcare and public sector practice, Accenture South Africa

Technology and the three pillars of healthcare

Vukani Mngxati 31 Oct 2017

#MTBPS2017: NHI fund plan on hold till Treasury gets more input

Tamar Kahn 26 Oct 2017

Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

24 Oct 2017

Shyft crowned MTN Business App of the Year

Shyft crowned MTN Business App of the Year

13 Oct 2017

Avian flu may spread via aerosol and droplets

Avian flu may spread via aerosol and droplets

12 Oct 2017

Healthy watersheds could help prevent childhood diseases

Healthy watersheds could help prevent childhood diseases

11 Oct 2017

Tax credits, funding and the NHI

Tax credits, funding and the NHI

Dr Johann Serfontein 10 Oct 2017

Engen health screenings continue through #TransportMonth

Engen health screenings continue through #TransportMonth

10 Oct 2017

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New medical school slated for Eastern Cape

Joan van Dyk 6 Oct 2017

Private healthcare for the poor

Private healthcare for the poor

Martin van Staden 5 Oct 2017

Neil Kirby, head of the healthcare & life sciences practice at Werksmans Attorneys

#HASA2017: Plotting the legislative pathway to NHI

Nicci Botha 2 Oct 2017

Mariné Erasmus, head of the health economics practice at Econex

#HASA2017: UHC funding - the great distraction

Nicci Botha 2 Oct 2017

Shivani Ranchod, Healthcare actuary, Insight Actuaries and Consultants

#HASA2017: Pathways to universal care

Nicci Botha 2 Oct 2017

Sheri Fink, author of Five Days at Memorial. Photo:

#HASA2017: Lessons in medical ethics

Nicci Botha 29 Sep 2017

Medical negligence claims rise by 25%

Medical negligence claims rise by 25%

26 Sep 2017

The fight against antimicrobial resistance depends on good agricultural practices

The fight against antimicrobial resistance depends on good agricultural practices

26 Sep 2017

Lessons from Cuba

Lessons from Cuba

21 Sep 2017

UHC is achievable, but it takes political will

UHC is achievable, but it takes political will

19 Sep 2017

Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre in Nigeria. Photo: Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre

Philanthropists join forces to fund Africa's cash-strapped health sector

Pavithra Rao 19 Sep 2017

Why the path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans is within reach

Alex Ezeh, Nelson Sewankambo and Peter Piot 18 Sep 2017

What is the real cost of NHI?

What is the real cost of NHI?

Martin van Staden 14 Sep 2017

Photo: Independent Development Trust

KZN gets ultimatum to fix health crisis

Nicci Botha 11 Sep 2017

'Cyberchondria' costs the UK health service £56m a year

'Cyberchondria' costs the UK health service £56m a year

11 Sep 2017

Fort Hare nursing students may be barred for the year

Fort Hare nursing students may be barred for the year

5 Sep 2017

Justice John Hlophe, judge president of the Western Cape High Court

Looking at mediation to resolve medico-legal disputes

4 Sep 2017

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Public backs tax on sugary drinks and junk food

4 Sep 2017

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Judasa issues statement on intern and community service placement

Judasa issues statement on intern and community service placement

3 Nov 2017

Dr Johann Serfontein, Free Market Foundation health policy unit

Free healthcare for all: A political fairytale

2 Nov 2017

Dr Simon Antindi. Photo: Ryan Lenora Brown

Meet the doctors: Take a look at this country's first crop of homegrown physicians

Ryan Lenora Brown 1 Nov 2017

Can virtual nature and poo transplants solve city dwellers' health problems?

Can virtual nature and poo transplants solve city dwellers' health problems?

Anne Cleary and Dave Kendal 1 Nov 2017

Vukani Mngxati, managing director for healthcare and public sector practice, Accenture South Africa

Technology and the three pillars of healthcare

Vukani Mngxati 31 Oct 2017

#MTBPS2017: NHI fund plan on hold till Treasury gets more input

Tamar Kahn 26 Oct 2017

Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

24 Oct 2017

Shyft crowned MTN Business App of the Year

Shyft crowned MTN Business App of the Year

13 Oct 2017

Avian flu may spread via aerosol and droplets

Avian flu may spread via aerosol and droplets

12 Oct 2017

Healthy watersheds could help prevent childhood diseases

Healthy watersheds could help prevent childhood diseases

11 Oct 2017

Tax credits, funding and the NHI

Tax credits, funding and the NHI

Dr Johann Serfontein 10 Oct 2017

Engen health screenings continue through #TransportMonth

Engen health screenings continue through #TransportMonth

10 Oct 2017

Wavebreak Media

New medical school slated for Eastern Cape

Joan van Dyk 6 Oct 2017

Private healthcare for the poor

Private healthcare for the poor

Martin van Staden 5 Oct 2017

Neil Kirby, head of the healthcare & life sciences practice at Werksmans Attorneys

#HASA2017: Plotting the legislative pathway to NHI

Nicci Botha 2 Oct 2017

Mariné Erasmus, head of the health economics practice at Econex

#HASA2017: UHC funding - the great distraction

Nicci Botha 2 Oct 2017

Shivani Ranchod, Healthcare actuary, Insight Actuaries and Consultants

#HASA2017: Pathways to universal care

Nicci Botha 2 Oct 2017

Sheri Fink, author of Five Days at Memorial. Photo:

#HASA2017: Lessons in medical ethics

Nicci Botha 29 Sep 2017

Medical negligence claims rise by 25%

Medical negligence claims rise by 25%

26 Sep 2017

The fight against antimicrobial resistance depends on good agricultural practices

The fight against antimicrobial resistance depends on good agricultural practices

26 Sep 2017

Lessons from Cuba

Lessons from Cuba

21 Sep 2017

UHC is achievable, but it takes political will

UHC is achievable, but it takes political will

19 Sep 2017

Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre in Nigeria. Photo: Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre

Philanthropists join forces to fund Africa's cash-strapped health sector

Pavithra Rao 19 Sep 2017

Why the path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans is within reach

Alex Ezeh, Nelson Sewankambo and Peter Piot 18 Sep 2017

What is the real cost of NHI?

What is the real cost of NHI?

Martin van Staden 14 Sep 2017

Photo: Independent Development Trust

KZN gets ultimatum to fix health crisis

Nicci Botha 11 Sep 2017

'Cyberchondria' costs the UK health service £56m a year

'Cyberchondria' costs the UK health service £56m a year

11 Sep 2017

Fort Hare nursing students may be barred for the year

Fort Hare nursing students may be barred for the year

5 Sep 2017

Justice John Hlophe, judge president of the Western Cape High Court

Looking at mediation to resolve medico-legal disputes

4 Sep 2017

Breakingpic via

Public backs tax on sugary drinks and junk food

4 Sep 2017

Waiting to inhale: Radiation and living near mines

Waiting to inhale: Radiation and living near mines

1 Sep 2017

Cost containment and quality healthcare need not be mutually exclusive

Cost containment and quality healthcare need not be mutually exclusive

Mark Arnold 30 Aug 2017

Obesity in SA (Image Supplied)

Study finds large number of South Africans happy to be overweight

29 Aug 2017

Source: ; . Graphics by Insight Survey

Is SA's healthcare getting better?

Insight Survey 28 Aug 2017

Salaries eat into provincial public health budgets

Salaries eat into provincial public health budgets

23 Aug 2017

Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth. Photo: Bhekisisa/Oupa Nkosi

Tax snag leaves cancer patients in the lurch

15 Aug 2017

Cecilia Makhiwane Hospital. Picture: Daily Dispatch

Attack on doctor sparks security concerns

14 Aug 2017

Legal barriers to fast tracking HIV/TB response in Africa

Legal barriers to fast tracking HIV/TB response in Africa

4 Aug 2017

Climate change set to increase air pollution deaths by hundreds of thousands by 2100

Climate change set to increase air pollution deaths by hundreds of thousands by 2100

Guang Zeng and Jason West 1 Aug 2017

Dr Rufaro Chatora, WHO country representative

How will private healthcare evolve under UHC?

Nicci Botha 27 Jul 2017