Every Health Matters article, newest first. Use the search or browse by month to find older reporting.
14.09.2026
Gauteng is losing 100 nurses a month and needs R5.7bn to fill a 16,000-post gap. This shortage now flagged as a key risk to the NHI rollout.
13.09.2026
Regulation, not demand, blocks affordable cover: medical schemes should be allowed to offer low-cost benefit options (LCBOs) now.
12.09.2026
Illicit trade in medicines and cosmetics tops R6.6bn a year in South Africa, exposing consumers to counterfeit products, a new report warns.
11.09.2026
A court has upheld restrictions on compounded semaglutide at iDexis while regulatory investigations continue.
10.09.2026
WHO Africa director Mohamed Janabi urged governments to finance primary healthcare and pursue health sovereignty.
10.09.2026
Unpaid specialist training is growing in South Africa as scarce funded posts leave doctors working without salaries.
10.09.2026
Discovery earnings growth accelerated as stronger cash generation, Discovery Bank and Vitality Health lifted performance.
09.09.2026
Uncertain population estimates may distort childhood vaccination rates. Health officials are reviewing the data and its implications.
09.09.2026
South Africa's maternal mortality is falling too slowly to meet its 2030 target. Specialists urge earlier antenatal care and better support.
09.09.2026
Preventable maternal deaths stem from public health sector inequity and governance failures, not a lack of resources, an analysis argues.
09.09.2026
Portugal's FHC is entering South Africa's sterile injectables market, planning to build a local plant to challenge established players.
09.09.2026
Aspen has abandoned local lenacapavir production, citing no guaranteed demand, and is backing Merck's alimatravir pill instead.