News 24 reported on 19 January that a Cape Town scientist, Dr Jaymi Leigh January, and her team is developing a rapid, low-cost portable screening test that could transform the early detection of TB, cancer and Covid-19.
Most organisations taking the NHI Act to Court rejected Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s suggestion that the matter should be settled out of Court. – Business Day (20 Jan 2026)
African Oxygen (Afrox), a major supplier of medical gases to SA’s state hospitals, launched a High Court case against the National and Provincial Health Departments over R360m in unpaid invoices, some dating back to 2017. – Business Day (22 Jan 2026)
“Amid ongoing legal battles over NHI, hopes for a truce dwindle as political motives complicate negotiations on universal healthcare.” Daily Maverick 19 Jan 2026