Gilead Sciences, the maker of a twice-a year anti-HIV injection, has approached South Africa’s medicine regulator to discuss how to get the shot registered locally as fast as possible in the country.

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In the eight years since the Gauteng health department ended its contract with a private psychiatric hospital group, Life Esidimeni, to look after long-term state mental health patients, a tragedy of ...

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In today’s newsletter, Linda Pretorius explains how Sadag does what the state cannot. Sign up for our newsletter now. Many notable nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) in South Africa today operate ...