Countries

Fake doctor busted: Woman ‘practiced medicine for 10 years’ in Midrand

Johannesburg – A 50-year-old Pakistani national has been arrested in Midrand for allegedly impersonating a registered medical practitioner and... Read more

2 Feb

Botswana

Botswana declares public health emergency as medicines run out

Gaborone – Botswana declared a public health emergency on Monday after hospitals ran out of essential medicines due to... Read more

26 Aug, 2025

Countries

A thriving black market for medicines has emerged in Joburg

A thriving black market for unauthorised medicines has grown up in Johannesburg. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro By Kimberly Mutandiro Immigrants... Read more

31 Mar, 2025

Countries

Fears grow that US may pull funding for South African medical research

Researchers funded by the US National Institutes of Health are bracing for the worst, after rumours circulated that the... Read more

19 Mar, 2025

Countries

KZN Health denies medicine shortage in the province

Cape Town — The Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) Department of Health has maintained that, while some patients have been turned... Read more

14 Feb, 2025

Countries

SIU want to recover R33m in Cuban medical company deal with Defence Dept

Cape Town — The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has uncovered an alleged procurement of irregularities in the South African... Read more

29 Jan, 2025

Countries

Health department to take medical approach to heroin crisis

Staff at TB HIV Care provide methadone at a drop-in centre in central Cape Town. Archive photo: David Harrison... Read more

15 Nov, 2024

Technology

Samsung to buy French medical AI firm Sonio

Seoul — South Korean tech giant Samsung said Wednesday it will buy French artificial intelligence (AI) company Sonio to... Read more

8 May, 2024

Technology

Study shows ChatGPT diagnoses ER patients ‘like a human doctor’

The Hague — Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT diagnosed patients rushed to emergency at least as well as doctors and... Read more

14 Sep, 2023

Countries

OPINION | SA’s traditional medicines should be used in modern health care

Zelna Booth, University of the Witwatersrand Traditional medicines are part of the cultural heritage of many Africans. About 80%... Read more

30 Aug, 2023