14.09.2026
Dr Thembisile Xulu is the new health Director-General, inheriting a strained department, healthcare-worker shortages and NHI litigation.
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.
08.07.2026
SA's Ebola Preparedness expands as 36 hospitals prepare for imported cases amid the growing Bundibugyo outbreak in the DRC.
01.07.2026
Healthcare access during protests must be protected, SAMA says, as anti-immigration marches raise safety concerns.
29.06.2025
Discover how South Africa's HIV/AIDS programme is adapting after US funding cuts. The programme remains on solid ground.