The Gauteng Health system is tightening its grip on unpaid fees amounting to about R4.6bn, reported Independent Online (22 March 2026).
V vaccination programme is showing strong real-world success, significantly reducing infections with high-risk HPV-16 and HPV-18 strains among teenage girls. Research from Wits University found over an 80% drop in these strains in vaccinated girls compared with unvaccinated peers. The school-based initiative, launched in 2014, protects girls before sexual debut and remains effective even among those who later acquire HIV. The findings support continued investment in vaccination and suggest even greater benefits could come from adopting broader-coverage vaccines in future. – Business Day (20 March 2026)
Physiotherapists say medical scheme forensic audits are leaving them “fearful, stigmatised and traumatised”, according to new research from the University of Pretoria (UP). – Times LIVE (19 March 2026).
“In 2024, R197m was budgeted for the Department of Basic Education’s implementation of a pilot nutrition programme for early childhood development (ECD) centres, going up to R336m the following financial year,” reported Daily Maverick (20 March 2026).