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Early Smartphone Use Linked to Adult Mental Health Crisis

22 Jul 2025
A recent study by US-based Sapien Labs, published in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, has confirmed a significant link between owning a smartphone in childhood and experiencing poorer mental health in early adulthood. – TimesLive (22 July 2025)
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Medico-legal claims against the state reach R77bn

22 Jul 2025
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi revealed that since March 2024 the total of medico-legal claims against the state has increased to R77bn. - Business Day (21 July 2025)
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Damaged Clinics and Hospitals Fuel Health Crisis

22 Jul 2025
According to a 2025 study by researchers at Walter Sisulu University damaged health infrastructure in rural areas is a major contributor to patients failing to take their medication, with devastating consequences for public health and mortality rates, reported and Sunday Times (20 July 2025)
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GEMS denies targeting black doctors in fraud probes

18 Jul 2025
The Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) told Parliament that it does not target black doctors based on their ethnicity during fraud investigations, reported Business Day (18 July 2025).
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PEPFAR cuts: SA uncertain of impact on HIV programme

18 Jul 2025
The US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, PEPFAR, will reportedly be spared a $400m funding cut that formed part of President Donald Trump’s plan to slash billions in spending on foreign aid and public broadcasting, reported Daily Maverick (16 Jul 2025).
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R67bn to revamp Gauteng hospitals and boost services

17 Jul 2025
Gauteng Health is to use R1.7bn of its R67bn 2025/26 budget for hospital maintenance and new capital projects, reported The Citizen (17 July 2025).
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PEPFAR cuts: SA uncertain of impact on HIV programme

17 Jul 2025
The US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, PEPFAR, will reportedly be spared a $400m funding cut that formed part of President Donald Trump’s plan to slash billions in spending on foreign aid and public broadcasting, reported Daily Maverick (16 Jul 2025)
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Gauteng’s new multi-million-rand forensic lab still incomplete

17 Jul 2025
Johannesburg’s much anticipated new state-of-the-art forensic laboratory, initially budgeted with a price tag of R588m but now hovering around R703m, is still only 98% complete because of contractor disputes over non-payment, design flaws and project mismanagement, reported News24 (14 July 2025).
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US employers to cut healthcare benefits due to surge in weight-loss drugs

17 Jul 2025
Reuters reported on 16 July that more than half of large employers in the US are planning to reduce their healthcare benefits in 2026, as the “skyrocketing cost of new weight-loss and speciality medicines puts unprecedented pressure on budgets”.
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Discovery paid out a total of R83bn in claims last year

16 Jul 2025
Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS) paid out a total of R83bn in claims last year, reported Moneyweb (16 July 2025)
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‘Report on Racial Bias Puts AI Firmly in the Dock’

16 Jul 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, used by SA medical schemes to detect fraud, are perpetuating racial bias against black healthcare providers, according to the Council for Medical Schemes’ (CMS) report on racial profiling. – Business Day (16 July 2025)
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RFK Jr's War on Vaccines: SA Experts Fear Global Fallout

16 Jul 2025
A new wave of vaccine misinformation, led by US Secretary of Health & Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jr, is threatening to undermine global public health, with SA experts warning of dire consequences, reported Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism (16 July 2025).
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Creecy Dissolves Troubled RAF Board

16 Jul 2025
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy dissolved the entire Board of Directors of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) due to a "failure to discharge its fiduciary duties that resulted in the loss of confidence in its ability to run the entity effectively", reported Business Day (16 July 2025).
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RSV vaccine available, but too expensive

16 Jul 2025
A vaccine to protect infants from severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is now available in SA’s private healthcare sector. However, the final decision to introduce this costly vaccine to the public sector has still to be made by the National Department of Health.– Spotlight (16 June 2025)
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Foreign Nationals Not to Blame for SA Healthcare Crisis

15 Jul 2025
“SA’s healthcare infrastructure has been failing to keep pace with population growth and demand for decades, long before migration became a political flashpoint,” reported Daily Maverick(15 July 2025).
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