Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced that Gilead’s twice-yearly HIV prevention jab, lenacapavir will be rolled out on 5 June 2026. – Business Day (14 May 2026) “Motsoaledi said the country could ‘eliminate HIV/Aids as a public health threat by 2030’ but stressed that success would depend on collective effort. “
Following Acting Justice Narandran Kollapen’s decision on 6 May to receive judgment in both the BHF and Western Province cases on procedural grounds, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi accused judges of not being objective.
Biovac has retained a R5.3bn contract to supply the State with Hexaxim, the six-in-one shot for infants in the national childhood immunisation programme. – Business Day (14 May 2026)
On 13 May Times Live wrote in its editorial column that “a significant retail healthcare expansion is quietly transforming how citizens access daily medical support”.