The government will clamp down on 'unsustainable' medical negligence claims against the state health services with legislative changes, Deputy Health Minister Joe...Medico-Legal
With medical malpractice litigation in South Africa having more than doubled over the past two years, the added complication of COVID-19 raises a large red flag over...
August 19th, 2020Attorney Zuko Nonxuba is facing multiple criminal charges and ethical complaints over nearly R1bn in medical negligence claims he has lodged against the Western and...
The Eastern Cape Health Department has released a detailed list of “interventions” to deal with its burgeoning R29bn slate of medical negligence claims against...
July 29th, 2020The Constitutional Court's decision last week to set aside the conviction and sentence of Dr Danie van der Walt, an obstetrician and gynaecologist jailed for medical...
An ongoing probe by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has lifted the lid on apparent wide-scale graft in the Office of the State Attorney, and revealed how...
February 5th, 2020
The State Liability Amendment Bill, which has been "panned by critics and left gathering dust", needs to be updated in line with a recent precedent-setting High...
Gauteng Health failed to spend R504m set aside for equipment in the last financial year, while blowing its budget for hospitals and administration, a situation that...Medico-Legal
The Western Cape High Court has stopped a controversial lawyer from instituting cases against Western Cape Health, pending the outcome of an investigation into his...SA Provincial Health
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for the Mpumalanga Health Department to be placed under administration after it recorded at least 29 new medical negligence...
