Tax Credit cut could reshape private healthcare

SA’s healthcare funding model could squeeze household affordability, destabilise parts of the private sector and push more patients into a public system already under strain, wrote Luyanda Njilo, senior research analyst at Nedbank Corporate & Investment Banking in Business Day (6 Feb 2026).

SA sales of weight-loss drugs surge amid global rise in lawsuits

Sales of GLP-1 weight-loss medicines are rising rapidly in SA, mirroring global trends, but concerns about serious side effects are also growing. – Medical Brief (5 Feb 2026)

Ramaphosa seeks Constitutional Court intervention on NHI ruling

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi requested the Constitutional Court to overturn the Gauteng High Court judgment in May 2025 declaring that the NHI Act is reviewable. – MedicalBrief (4Feb 2026)

HIV prevention jab will reach less than 25% of target group

SA’s first consignment of lenacapavir, a six-monthly HIV prevention injection for high-risk HIV-negative people, will cover less than 25% of the target population, reported Financial Mail (5 Feb 2026).

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