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Boxer formally announces its intention to list on JSE

#OrchidsandOnions: Spar reminds us why we're special with Christmas ad

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Data breach alert: Over 100,000 fake accounts linked to SA grant-fraud claim

Inflationary pressures see alcohol and fast food purchases decline

Danette Breitenbach

Mattel scrambles after Wicked doll packaging links to explicit site

SAB triumphs with 9 Effie Awards, cementing its position as SA's Most Effective Marketer

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SA watchdog stresses reporting side effects to make medicines safer

Source: Reuters.

Africa health body calls on Trump to honour US vaccine pledgesAnait Miridzhanian

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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

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Be ahead of the game

Bizcommunity.com 15 Sep 2022

Dozens of child deaths prompt Gambia to suspend paracetamol syrup sales

Pap Saine 14 Sep 2022

Time to combat the burden of disease on South Africa's healthcare system

8 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Allan Pamba, the Africa network lead of the EMEA-LATAM countries at Roche Diagnostics.

Co-designing the future of African healthcare

Dr Allan Pamba 8 Sep 2022

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

8 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied.

The Institut Pasteur de Dakar's new alliance bolsters West Africa's epidemic preparedness

7 Sep 2022

Observatory Forensic Pathology Institute nears completion

6 Sep 2022

World Patient Safety Day

World Patient Safety Day

COHSASA 5 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied.

SA's Aspen, India's Serum Institute sign vaccines deal for Africa

Promit Mukherjee 1 Sep 2022

What is the impact of an unhealthy heart?

What is the impact of an unhealthy heart?

Intercare 1 Sep 2022

Latest accreditations awarded by The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa Cohsasa (NPC)

Latest accreditations awarded by The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa Cohsasa (NPC)

COHSASA 25 Aug 2022

Source: FreePik.

Long waiting list to receive organs in South Africa

18 Aug 2022

Ralmed doctors and hospitals the heart of South African medical healthcare

Ralmed doctors and hospitals the heart of South African medical healthcare

Ralmed 18 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters.

Zimbabwe measles outbreak blamed on sect gatherings kills 157 children

Nyasha Chingono 17 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied.

Child pregnancies reach crisis point in South Africa

17 Aug 2022

Second monkeypox case detected in the Western Cape

16 Aug 2022

Image source: Edward Jenner from

Foreign healthcare workers benefit from updated Critical Skills List

Nivaani Moodley and Bianca Rutherfoord-Jones 10 Aug 2022

Source: iStock.

Sierra Leone doctors strike over pay, fuel allowances

Umaru Fofana, Nellie Peyton and Grant McCool 2 Aug 2022

Towards a pro-breastfeeding culture in South Africa

Towards a pro-breastfeeding culture in South Africa

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 2 Aug 2022

World Bank funds Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention $100m

Alexander Winning, Joe Bavier and Andrew Cawthorne. 25 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Nivisha Parag, head of School for Healthcare Management at Regent Business School.

Innovation needed to resolve SA's health challenges

Dr Nivisha Parag 19 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied.

Kenyan healthtech launches universal patient portal

11 Jul 2022

Rhiza Babuyile opens R5m community clinic in Diepsloot

Rhiza Babuyile opens R5m community clinic in Diepsloot

8 Jul 2022

Juta and Company acquires MedicalBrief

Juta and Company acquires MedicalBrief

Juta and Company 8 Jul 2022

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MUT study finds potentially harmful elements in Krugersdorp water

5 Jul 2022

Image source: Karolina Grabowska from

New Covid-19 code: What has changed?

Anastasia Vatalidis and Sandile Tom 4 Jul 2022

Cannabis Clinics opens online medical cannabis platform

24 Jun 2022

'I Am' movement of SA health workers throws down the gauntlet to health minister and Gauteng premier

24 Jun 2022

Source: Freepik.

South Africa confirms its first case of monkeypox

23 Jun 2022

Red Cross Children's Hospital launches project to help families with emergency relief

Red Cross Children's Hospital launches project to help families with emergency relief

23 Jun 2022

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Bizcommunity.com 15 Sep 2022

Dozens of child deaths prompt Gambia to suspend paracetamol syrup sales

Pap Saine 14 Sep 2022

Time to combat the burden of disease on South Africa's healthcare system

8 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Allan Pamba, the Africa network lead of the EMEA-LATAM countries at Roche Diagnostics.

Co-designing the future of African healthcare

Dr Allan Pamba 8 Sep 2022

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

8 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied.

The Institut Pasteur de Dakar's new alliance bolsters West Africa's epidemic preparedness

7 Sep 2022

Observatory Forensic Pathology Institute nears completion

6 Sep 2022

World Patient Safety Day

World Patient Safety Day

COHSASA 5 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied.

SA's Aspen, India's Serum Institute sign vaccines deal for Africa

Promit Mukherjee 1 Sep 2022

What is the impact of an unhealthy heart?

What is the impact of an unhealthy heart?

Intercare 1 Sep 2022

Latest accreditations awarded by The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa Cohsasa (NPC)

Latest accreditations awarded by The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa Cohsasa (NPC)

COHSASA 25 Aug 2022

Source: FreePik.

Long waiting list to receive organs in South Africa

18 Aug 2022

Ralmed doctors and hospitals the heart of South African medical healthcare

Ralmed doctors and hospitals the heart of South African medical healthcare

Ralmed 18 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters.

Zimbabwe measles outbreak blamed on sect gatherings kills 157 children

Nyasha Chingono 17 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied.

Child pregnancies reach crisis point in South Africa

17 Aug 2022

Second monkeypox case detected in the Western Cape

16 Aug 2022

Image source: Edward Jenner from

Foreign healthcare workers benefit from updated Critical Skills List

Nivaani Moodley and Bianca Rutherfoord-Jones 10 Aug 2022

Source: iStock.

Sierra Leone doctors strike over pay, fuel allowances

Umaru Fofana, Nellie Peyton and Grant McCool 2 Aug 2022

Towards a pro-breastfeeding culture in South Africa

Towards a pro-breastfeeding culture in South Africa

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 2 Aug 2022

World Bank funds Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention $100m

Alexander Winning, Joe Bavier and Andrew Cawthorne. 25 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Nivisha Parag, head of School for Healthcare Management at Regent Business School.

Innovation needed to resolve SA's health challenges

Dr Nivisha Parag 19 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied.

Kenyan healthtech launches universal patient portal

11 Jul 2022

Rhiza Babuyile opens R5m community clinic in Diepsloot

Rhiza Babuyile opens R5m community clinic in Diepsloot

8 Jul 2022

Juta and Company acquires MedicalBrief

Juta and Company acquires MedicalBrief

Juta and Company 8 Jul 2022

Image source: kozorog from

MUT study finds potentially harmful elements in Krugersdorp water

5 Jul 2022

Image source: Karolina Grabowska from

New Covid-19 code: What has changed?

Anastasia Vatalidis and Sandile Tom 4 Jul 2022

Cannabis Clinics opens online medical cannabis platform

24 Jun 2022

'I Am' movement of SA health workers throws down the gauntlet to health minister and Gauteng premier

24 Jun 2022

Source: Freepik.

South Africa confirms its first case of monkeypox

23 Jun 2022

Red Cross Children's Hospital launches project to help families with emergency relief

Red Cross Children's Hospital launches project to help families with emergency relief

23 Jun 2022

Image source: Polina Tankilevitch from

Remaining Covid-19 regulations cancelled

23 Jun 2022

Local vaccine production boosts economic transformation and job creation in South Africa

Patrick Tippoo 22 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied.

Cipla voluntarily recalls batches of Coryx throat spray

21 Jun 2022

Source: REUTERS. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO ranked the most influential UN-recognised body on Twitter

17 Jun 2022

P&G's Always Keeping Girls in School programme makes an important intervention in the lives of South Africa's schoolgirls

P&G's Always Keeping Girls in School programme makes an important intervention in the lives of South Africa's schoolgirls

Procter & Gamble 13 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied.

Influenza cases on the rise in South Africa

9 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied. Jonathan Keytel, head: Healthcare Transformation and Sustainability at Roche Diagnostics.

Africa Day: Driving healthcare access across borders

25 May 2022

Source: REUTERS. A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus, is seen at 50X magnification on day four of rash development in 1968. CDC/Handout via REUTERS

WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases cross 100 in Europe

23 May 2022

The killer quintet

The killer quintet

Bonitas 20 May 2022

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Extension on Covid-19 regulation public comments

5 May 2022