Bonitas breaks ties with Medscheme

Bonitas Medical Scheme announced that it is ending itslong-running (40 years) administration relationship with Medscheme. – Business Day (30 Jan 2026)

Wits scientists generating whole-genome data

Wits University scientists are leading efforts to correct a major imbalance in global genetic research by expanding African representation in genome datasets. Africa holds the greatest human genetic diversity, yet fewer than 2% of sequenced genomes are African, skewing disease risk estimates and clinical tools.

WhatsApp model provides an effective solution to training challenges

A WhatsApp-based microlearning model, dolutegravir, developed by Briony Chisholm, an information pharmacist formerly at UCT’s Medicines Information Centre, is emerging as an effective solution to frontline training challenges in SA’s HIV response.

Medical scheme accuses CMS of ‘sabotage’ and racial bias

In a recent submission to the Council of Medical Schemes (CMS) Khandani Msibi, executive chairperson of the medical scheme administrator 3Sixty GSG, claims a deliberate campaign was mounted to dismantle Sizwe Hosmed medical scheme, one of the last remaining black‑owned schemes in SA’s multibillion‑rand medical scheme industry. – City Press 18 Jan 2026)

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