Tamar Kahn

Cape Town

Science and Health Editor at Financial Mail

Science and Health Editor at Business Day

Writer and occasional data dabbler. Covering science, health and education for Business Day

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Articles

NHI will place high burden on taxpayers, say doctors

2 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn

Financing the ANC’s controversial plan for universal health coverage will require raising an additional R240bn-R270bn and place an improbably high burden on SA’s small tax base, according to research commissioned by the country’s biggest doctor organisation in its legal challenge to the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act.
No immediate risk to SA medicine supplies from Trump’s tariffs, says industry body

2 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn

SA’s biggest trade association for pharmaceutical manufacturers says it sees no immediate risk to the sector from the sweeping tariffs announced last week by US president Donald Trump. Not only has Trump — at least for now — excluded pharmaceutical products from tariffs on imported goods but the US is not a significant export market for SA drug manufacturers.
Medical schemes regulator gives health insurers yet another reprieve

3 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn

The medical schemes regulator has given companies selling health insurance products another two-year reprieve, pending the health minister’s final determination on the future of low-cost benefit options (LCBOs). These are cheap, pared-down medical scheme packages that are intended to be more affordable because they will not have to cover all the conditions set out in the prescribed minimum benefits, a basic basket of care all medical schemes must provide in terms of the Medical Schemes Act...
Steenhuisen says US aid cuts ‘a wake-up call’ to improve countries’ food security

3 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn

India, China and Thailand send relief materials and teams, with aid and personnel from Malaysia, Singapore and Russia
French president Macron takes a dig at Trump over Lesotho

3 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn

Bumbling studio exec, megachurch adventures, ‘skop, skiet en donder’ in London, lush melodrama and small-town mystery
GNU closer to a compromise on budget than people think, says Steenhuisen

3 weeks ago | shorturl.at | Tamar Kahn

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GNU closer to a compromise on budget than people think, says Steenhuisen

3 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn

Investors fret about how Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs may fuel inflation, slow economic growth and heighten trade tension Legislation is morally egregious, economically irrational and politically unnecessary Transnet Network Statement seen as a major step in aiding access to SA’s rail network by third-party operators Hopeful DA leader says compromise wrangle is not unusual for coalition governments Foreign investor pullback and fiscal pressures push borrowing costs higher despite rate...
Scientists urge governments to pay more attention to food safety

4 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn

Investors fret about how Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs may fuel inflation, slow economic growth and heighten trade tension AI-driven oversight tools such as Brazil’s Alice system has significantly curtailed fraudulent activities In 2027, Sasol will stop supplying natural gas from Mozambique All structures need to undergo the foundation course as part of renewal agenda, says secretary-general Real pay likely to have a stellar year as inflation remains well contained but new taxes and...
Scientist urge governments to pay more attention to food safety

4 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn

Ratings agency warns of long-term implications for GNU should the ANC get the necessary support outside the bloc
US FDA flags contamination risk for SA-made Aspen eye drops

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn

Support our award-winning journalism. The Premium package (digital only) is R30 for the first month and thereafter you pay R129 p/m now ad-free for all subscribers. Aspen Pharmacare. Picture: SUPPLIED The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned Africa’s biggest drugmaker, Aspen Pharmacare, that it breached manufacturing standards for eye drops made at its sterile facility in Gqeberha.