In November 2025 Netcare Unitas Hospital in Centurion achieved a major medical milestone by performing the country's first leadless pacemaker implant using the AVEIR VR device, a tiny pacemaker placed directly inside the heart, eliminating wires and chest scars.
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(
“2026 is shaping up as a year of sharp policy fights, fast-moving science and stubborn system failures,” wrote Marcus Low in Spotlight (19 Jan 2026). He compiled a Healthcare
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana recently proposed in Parliament that the nine ongoing NHI legal challenges be withdrawn, suggesting stakeholders sit down for constructive negotiations, wrote Steven Grootes in Daily Maverick (18 Jan 2026).