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

Health activists pressure Gilead to drop price of anti-HIV jab

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

Continued rate relief expected to support buying activity, particularly in the low- to mid-market segments, barometer reads
Ban on sale of single cigarettes would ruin small businesses, say informal traders

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

The government’s proposed ban on the sale of single cigarettes and prohibition on tabletop displays of tobacco products will decimate small businesses, an informal traders association told parliament this week. The proposals are contained in the draft Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill currently before parliament’s portfolio committee on health. MPs have completed public hearings in all nine provinces and are now taking oral submissions in parliament...
Teachers’ unions say new Bela Act guidelines have no legal weight

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

Geopolitics and disease outbreaks temper upbeat outlook yet investment and hiring plans remain resilient
SA poised to ratify high-seas treaty within a year, says top official

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

MARKET WRAP Business Day TV speaks to Graeme Franck from PSG Wealth Sandton, Grayston
DA urges cabinet to approve ratification of high-seas treaty

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

The DA has urged the cabinet to approve ratification of the high-seas treaty, a landmark agreement signed by SA earlier this week at the UN Oceans Conference in Nice, France earlier this week. The treaty is the first first legally binding agreement aimed at protecting maritime biodiversity in international waters, but will only come into force once it has been ratified by 60 countries.
Watchdog presses MPs to ease tobacco bill’s provisions on advertising vapes

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

SA’s advertising watchdog has urged parliament to soften the draft tobacco bill’s restrictions on advertising vapes and ensure industry players are bound by its decisions. The Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) is an independent, self-regulatory association that is binding on its members but has limited impact on companies that do not subscribe to its code of practice. “We are asking that the legislation ... binds any actor in this space to the jurisdiction of the advertising regulatory board.
Western Cape seeks closer ties with private healthcare sector

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

The Western Cape health department has set up a think-tank to find ways to use the private sector to improve care for state patients, with potential projects ranging from improving access to high-tech scans to providing chronic medicines at more convenient locations.
Treasury to issue request for transmission project proposals by November

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

The government is making steady progress with its plan to open up SA’s electricity transmission network to private sector players and will issue a request for proposals in November, the National Treasury said on Friday. Expanding SA’s transmission grid is vital, as current constraints are preventing independent power producers from connecting to the grid, putting the brakes on the growth of clean energy providers and slowing efforts to eliminate load-shedding.
Health Funders Association proposes ‘faster, more affordable’ alternative to NHI

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

MARKET WRAP Business Day TV speaks to Anthea Gardner from Cartesian Capital
Health Funders Association takes legal action against NHI Act

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

The Health Funders Association (HFA) has asked the high court in Pretoria to declare the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act irrational and unconstitutional, marking the sixth legal challenge seeking to have the legislation set aside. The HFA is one of SA’s two leading medical scheme industry associations, and counts Discovery Health Medical Scheme among its members.