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Legislation & Regulation

ConCourt axes 'certificate of need' scheme from NHA

Mtho Maphumulo 27 May 2026

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Medical Law

ConCourt declares sections of NHA inconsistent with the Constitution

19 May 2026

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Medical Law

Hidden costs of medical errors: Landmark case in Uganda spotlights HIV misdiagnosis

Mtho Maphumulo 23 Mar 2026

Family Law

Disturbing the dead for DNA testing? High Court rules

Anelisa Zungu and Kaamilah Paulse 4 Jul 2025

Healthcare

Government allocates R1.78bn to recruit healthcare professionals

Lucy Raitano and Kevin Buckland 11 Apr 2025

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Construction & Engineering

Master Builders Association says contractors must learn from #GeorgeCollapse

17 Dec 2024

Ethics & Medicolegal

Judge blocks government plan to tell private hospitals and doctors where they can go

Tania Broughton 25 Jul 2024

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Healthcare

Data centres: Vital components of critical healthcare systems

3 Jul 2024

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NHI

Opposition mounts against NHI Bill

15 May 2024

NHI

Court ruling bolsters NHI's recruitment drive ahead of pending Bill approval

1 Mar 2024

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Retailers

Woolies, there's a mouse in my chicken...

Danette Breitenbach 5 May 2023

Covid-19

Fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic has been far reaching, report shows

12 Dec 2022

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Law Practice

Covid-19 regulations eased - but what about the workplace?

Kate Collier and Kenneth Coster 23 Jun 2022

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Legislation & Regulation

Amendments of Child Justice Act regulations approved

3 Jun 2022

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Legislation & Regulation

Extension on Covid-19 regulation public comments

5 May 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

State of Disaster: The end... but not the end for employers

7 Apr 2022

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Healthcare

South Africa must not allow Health Act amendments to replace State of Disaster regulations

Cilliers Brink 6 Apr 2022

Healthcare

SAMA welcomes lifting of National State of Disaster

6 Apr 2022

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Economy

Premier Winde celebrates end of the National State of Disaster

5 Apr 2022

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Covid-19

The National State of Disaster ends

5 Apr 2022

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Legislation & Regulation

Covid-19 Health Regulations published for public comment

17 Mar 2022

Public Health

South African doctors call for law reform, fearing a harsh penalty if patients die

Henry Lerm and Ethelwynn Stellenberg 4 Mar 2022

Women's Health

World Patient Day focuses on safe and respectful childbirth

17 Sep 2021

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Public Health

Changing organ donation perceptions

3 Sep 2021

Vaccine mandates are being debated all over the world. Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Ethics & Medicolegal

Why Covid-19 vaccines should be mandatory in South Africa

Keymanthri Moodley 11 Aug 2021

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Ethics & Medicolegal

Limits for human embryo research have been changed: this calls for public debate

Sheetal Soni 1 Jul 2021

Justin Malherbe, senior associate attorney, Webber Wentzel

Ethics & Medicolegal

PoPI reinforces systems already in place in the healthcare industry

Justin Malherbe 8 Apr 2021

Judgment confirms importance of disclosure of records in litigation

Public Liability & Personal Injury

Judgment confirms importance of disclosure of records in litigation

Sandra Sithole 24 Mar 2021

Any man-made changes to the human genome must be carefully regulated. Billon Photos/Shutterstock

Ethics & Medicolegal

Five principles that should guide future DNA 'editing' in South Africa

Bonginkosi Shozi & Marietjie Botes 16 Feb 2021

Path to regulatory approval of the Covid-19 vaccine in SA

Medical Law

Path to regulatory approval of the Covid-19 vaccine in SA

Zareenah Rasool, Rui Lopes and Darryl Bernstein 11 Nov 2020

A researcher performs a CRISPR/Cas9 process at the Max-Delbrueck-Centre for Molecular Medicine in Germany . Gregor Fischer/picture alliance via Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19 and gene editing: ethical and legal considerations

Sheetal Soni 25 May 2020

Cadaver-based teaching prepares students intellectually and emotionally to deal with the challenges they will face in their health sciences careers. Dr Tobias Houlton

Medical Research

Health professionals and cadavers: the quest for an ethical approach

Brendon Kurt Billings & Beverley Kramer 29 Oct 2019

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Hospital Groups

HMI report: Private sector characterised by high costs and no competition

1 Oct 2019

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NHI

South African taxpayers will bear the brunt of NHI

Lee-Ann Steenkamp 29 Aug 2019

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Public Health

South Africa's healthcare system lacks real data

9 Jul 2019

People queue in makeshift camps following past threats of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Today, rescinded health department memos requesting foreigners pay in full for healthcare have sparked a national debate. (Fredrik Lemeryd)

Public Health

Are foreigners really entitled to free healthcare in South Africa?

Sasha Stevenson 13 Mar 2019

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Public Health

What to do about South Africa's unemployed doctors

Russell Rensburg 25 Feb 2019

Many countries around the world can’t meet the demand for donor organs. Shutterstock

Ethical Medicines

There are many complex reasons for South Africa's organ donor shortage

Harriet Etheredge 9 Jan 2019

Health department expects to be sued over proposed NHI changes

NHI

Health department expects to be sued over proposed NHI changes

Pontsho Pilane and Laura Lopez Gonzalez 22 Jun 2018

Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi

NHI

Motsoaledi outlines changes to Medical Schemes Act and NHI

22 Jun 2018

Former Gauteng health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu. Photo: Oupa Nkosi

Mental health

#LifeEsidimeni: In six weeks we'll know if Qedani Mahlangu will be prosecuted

Mia Malan 26 Mar 2018

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

NHI

#HASA2017: Plotting the legislative pathway to NHI

Nicci Botha 2 Oct 2017

Dr Precious Matsoso, director general, South African National Department of Health

NHI

NHI starts with the children

18 Jul 2017

SA lawyers: Motsoaledi, we're not the reason gynaes won't deliver babies

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

SA lawyers: Motsoaledi, we're not the reason gynaes won't deliver babies

Neil Kirby 19 Jun 2017

Putting management back into events

Events & Conferencing

Putting management back into events

Beaulah du Toit 24 Jan 2017

SA still has a way to go in healthcare legislation

Public Health

SA still has a way to go in healthcare legislation

9 May 2016

Medical practitioners can assist complaints to medical schemes

Medical Law

Medical practitioners can assist complaints to medical schemes

Neil Kirby 23 Feb 2016