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Spa treatments, fancy homes and paperwork — and the list goes on.

The Bill is the first step towards learning how the government plans to fund its shift towards universal health care.

‘I can’t mention who are the parties I am expecting litigation from but I can assure I know who they are.'

New legislation will abolish co-payments and may look to go after medical aid scheme reserves.

Go behind the accusations that led to his resignation this week in this story from our archives.

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“Whenever there is a crisis, I’m called in to solve them, but I don’t have the legal mechanism to prevent them,” says minister.

It’s been a bumper year for trouble for the country’s healthcare system and it's only June. Here's everything you might have missed.

The party cannot substantiate claims it made before Parliament in March, finds Africa Check.

National health department deploys 200 officials to country’s beleaguered hospitals.

Pontsho Pilane has been named this year’s Discovery Health Journalist of the Year. Hear why she thinks specialist reporting isn't dead.

A tale of two cities: Durban ditches drug users while Tshwane becomes the first city in SA to pioneer and fund new ways to keep them safe.

Everyone knows about KZN's cancer crisis but no one is talking about the other provinces that operate on just one radiation oncologist — or less.

The virus’ resurgence, this time in a city of more than one-million people could set the scene for a fast-spreading disaster.

‘As doctors, we've advised each other to discharge stable patients and explain to there is nothing we can do.’

Meanwhile, a lone specialist in the North West caters for 3.7-million people as four provinces are forced to send patients to Gauteng.