July 29th, 2020More than R2.2bn of emergency COVID-19 funds have been stolen in a corruption feeding frenzy, the news embarrassingly emerging just as the International Monetary Fund...
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has warned against the rising medical claims against the state with the bill now sitting at almost R100bn. Mboweni said it was...Weekly Roundup
South Africa’s medical schemes regulator has taken the shock decision to terminate the services of all but three of the senior managers reporting to its CEO, reports...SA Provincial Health
Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba has come out in defence of a multimillion-rand aero-medical tender that is marred by allegations of irregularity and kickback...South Africa
The Special Investigating Unit will probe allegations of maladministration at the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), Fin24 reports President...South Africa
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has suspended five officials over allegations of irregularities following anonymous tip-offs on its hotline. The medical schemes...Medico-Legal
KwaZulu-Natal Health is investigating a Johannesburg-based law firm that has filed a whopping 112 medical negligence cases against it in the past two months.
The...Weekly Roundup
Medical aid fraud and waste and abuse are rife in SA, according to Jan Mothibi, head of the Special Investigating Unit, reports Weekend Argus. “Fifteen percent of all...Medico-Legal
Gauteng Health is facing medical negligence claims totalling R29bn, amounting to nearly 60% of its entire healthcare budget of R50.8bn. The Times quotes Democratic...Weekly Roundup
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has been instructed to investigate allegations of maladministration and corruption at the Health Professions Council of SA...