by trevor.allen.bernhardt@gmail.com | May 27, 2026 | Archive, May 2026
The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) is facing an unprecedented financial emergency. Parliament has demanded immediate accountability from provincial health departments for debts of over R11 billion. This huge financial burden threatens the stability of South...
by trevor.allen.bernhardt@gmail.com | May 27, 2026 | Archive, May 2026
The national medicines regulator has intensified its enforcement action against the unlawful manufacture and distribution of unregistered GLP-1 therapies. This development comes as concerns grow over South Africa’s rapidly expanding and largely unregulated...
by trevor.allen.bernhardt@gmail.com | May 27, 2026 | Archive, May 2026
South Africa’s National Health Insurance (NHI) project has suffered a significant legal setback. The recent ConCourt Ruling confirmed that key provisions in the National Health Act are unconstitutional and invalid. The unanimous judgment was written by Justice Kate...
by trevor.allen.bernhardt@gmail.com | May 26, 2026 | Archive, May 2026
The intense debate around National Health Insurance (NHI) often dominates the news in South Africa. This focus has obscured a severe crisis within the private healthcare sector. The traditional funding model is under immense pressure. Private healthcare relies heavily...
by trevor.allen.bernhardt@gmail.com | May 26, 2026 | Archive, May 2026
South Africa’s business and healthcare sectors are absorbing the fallout from a landmark apex court decision. The Constitutional Court has unanimously struck down the Department of Health’s controversial plan to regulate where private healthcare providers can...
by trevor.allen.bernhardt@gmail.com | May 25, 2026 | Archive, May 2026
South Africa’s biggest pharmacy retailers are redesigning how and where they grow. With suburban shopping centres offering fewer new sites, South African pharmacy chains are moving beyond the familiar middle- and upper-income customer base that has fuelled expansion...
