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Richard van Zyl-Smit is a pulmonologist and professor of pulmonology in the department of medicine at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital. He is also a principal investigator at UCT ...

This week, the High Court ruled that blocking foreigners from healthcare is unconstitutional. So why does the National Health Insurance Act say that’s what we should do when it comes to HIV services?

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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