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Medical Aid

2025 Medical scheme contribution hikes: What's driving the surge and what does this mean for you?

18 Oct 2024

Source: Supplied.

Pharmaceuticals

CFAO acquires Opella Healthcare South Africa

2 Oct 2024

NHI

President Ramaphosa, Business Unity SA enter into NHI talks

19 Sep 2024

Medshield shares a guide on how to maximise your healthcare coverage when it runs out

Medical Aid

Medshield shares a guide on how to maximise your healthcare coverage when it runs out

Issued by Stone 17 Sep 2024

Bonitas excels at the Titanium Awards for the third year running

Medical Aid

Bonitas excels at the Titanium Awards for the third year running

Issued by Bonitas 9 May 2024

Unlocking your benefits - Medical aid tax credits and subsidies, by Medshield

Medical Aid

Unlocking your benefits - Medical aid tax credits and subsidies, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 22 Apr 2024

Santam Women of the Future Awards celebrate a decade of inspiration, innovation and empowerment

Awards

Santam Women of the Future Awards celebrate a decade of inspiration, innovation and empowerment

Issued by Media24 Lifestyle 4 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. Viebeg's chief executive officer, Tobias Reiter and chief commercial officer Alex Musyoka.

Healthcare

How one African health tech firm is expanding access to affordable health care in Africa

12 Feb 2024

Medical Aid

Affordable surgical excellence: why it’s important to question hospital options

29 Jan 2024

Medtech

Digital healthcare revolution taking effect in SA

23 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied. Josua Joubert, chief executive and principal officer of CompCare Medical Scheme.

Healthcare

Comprehensive healthcare support vital in ensuring food security

Josua Joubert 12 Oct 2023

Financial Services

Momentum Health Solutions unveils 2024 healthcare plans

28 Sep 2023

Clicks ranks tops in the 2023 Kantar BrandZ report

FMCG

Clicks ranks tops in the 2023 Kantar BrandZ report

28 Aug 2023

Medical Aid

Board of Health Funders exposes transparency concerns in healthcare regulation

Katja Hamilton 8 Aug 2023

NHI

Connecting the dots to deliver sustainable healthcare

Reinder Nauta and Patrick Lubbe 27 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied. Melusi Dhlamini, clinical network lead at Healthforce and Kena Health.

Women's Health

#YouthMonth: Championing women's sexual and reproductive health rights at the forefront

Katja Hamilton 27 Jun 2023

3 SA startups receive R2.7m from Google for Startups' Black Founders Fund

Funding

3 SA startups receive R2.7m from Google for Startups' Black Founders Fund

20 Jun 2023

Medtech

MediBüddy launches telehealth app

2 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

Noncommunicable diseases

Integrated chronic care actively reducing the burden of chronic disease

14 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied.

Medical Aid

Discovery Health, Clicks and Auto & General bring new affordable private healthcare to the nation

13 Feb 2023

Partnerships make private healthcare and cover work

Medical Aid

Partnerships make private healthcare and cover work

Issued by Stone 13 Feb 2023

Can Africa's startup sector keep up its record funding run amidst global turmoil?

Funding

Can Africa's startup sector keep up its record funding run amidst global turmoil?

Thabiso Foto, Issued by Irvine Partners 2 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Medical Aid

Nigerians trade waste material for health insurance

10 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied.

Oncology

AI-driven radiation oncology treatment now in Cape Town, a first for sub-Saharan Africa

26 Oct 2022

Unjani Clinics, Bestmed to provide healthcare to Garden Route residents

Health & Welfare

Unjani Clinics, Bestmed to provide healthcare to Garden Route residents

14 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied.

Medtech

Launch of female-founded tech platform drives access to quality healthcare at home

20 Sep 2022

Healthcare

Convenient chronic medicine pick-up points a game changer for SA's healthcare system

6 Sep 2022

Financial Services

BHF launches legal action against the Council for Medical Schemes

17 Aug 2022

Taxation & Regulation

Equal pay but unequal taxes - SA women carry a greater tax burden

8 Aug 2022

Healthcare

Reimagining SA's healthcare

6 Jul 2022

Why should youth have medical aid?

Medical Aid

Why should youth have medical aid?

Issued by Stone 4 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Damian McHugh, an executive at Momentum Health Solutions.

Medical Aid

The future of healthcare: medical schemes need to do more to provide affordable cover

Damian McHugh 30 Jun 2022

Image source: Alexander Ryabintsev –

Legal

'Africa Rising' - law and investment quotes in celebration of Africa Day

25 May 2022

Recognising the bedrock of the global healthcare system

Nursing

Recognising the bedrock of the global healthcare system

12 May 2022

New app brings quality affordable healthcare to the nation

Medtech

New app brings quality affordable healthcare to the nation

3 May 2022

Bertina Engelbrecht, Clicks Group CEO (centre) at the opening of Clicks 800th store at Somerset Crossing Shopping Centre with (left to right) Vikash Singh (Clicks managing executive), Gift Jeffrey (Clicks area manager), Dhevan Pillay (Clicks chief store operations officer) and Musa Mkhwanazi (Clicks regional manager). Photo credit: Jaco Cilliers Photography.

Retailers

Clicks sets goal to have 900 stores in South Africa by 2026

29 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied.

Public Health

Johannesburg health village to open free screenings to the public

10 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Discovery and AIA to establish a pan-Asian health insurtech business

16 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied. Denelle Morais, Bestmed Manager: Marketing and Communications.

Medical Aid

SA's largest self-administered medical scheme appoints Tribeca as its communication partner

21 Jan 2022

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Key trade and investment trends in Africa - Part 1

Lodewyk Meyer, Marc Yudaken, Mike van Rensburg and Virusha Subban 10 Jan 2022

Image source: Wavebreak Media Ltd –

Higher Education

Nelson Mandela University officially opens its medical school

1 Dec 2021

The rise of the 'nursepreneur' scoops prestigious CSI award for Imperial Logistics' Unjani Clinics

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

The rise of the 'nursepreneur' scoops prestigious CSI award for Imperial Logistics' Unjani Clinics

Issued by Trialogue 30 Nov 2021

Medical aids can't bear the brunt of hospital increases

Medical Aid

Medical aids can't bear the brunt of hospital increases

Issued by Bonitas 22 Nov 2021

Sishen Iron Ore Company Community Development Trust (SIOC-CDT) completes their school's eyesight campaign in JTG district

Health & Welfare

Sishen Iron Ore Company Community Development Trust (SIOC-CDT) completes their school's eyesight campaign in JTG district

Issued by MANGO-OMC 2 Nov 2021

Source: ©supplied by agency. Gavin Sinclair on his on 1,000km adventure to launch BrandMed’s Syntro-P Wellbeing programme

Medical Aid

Syntro-P Wellbeing: affordable healthcare to people with chronic conditions

18 Oct 2021

Source: ©niyazz

Specialties

Equity call for rare diseases healthcare

8 Sep 2021

Performing in a pandemic: Bonitas announces healthy annual results

Covid-19

Performing in a pandemic: Bonitas announces healthy annual results

Issued by Bonitas 5 Aug 2021

Workers at India’s biggest syringe manufacturer ramp up production in September 2020 in race to meet Covid-19 vaccine-driven demand. Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Why India is banking on health diplomacy to grow African footprint

Dan Banik & Renu Modik 26 Mar 2021

Trends

#BizTrends2021: African demands for post-Covid healthcare align impact with investor opportunity in 2021

Jason Mitchell 11 Jan 2021