Health Infrastructure Funding: The New Development Bank and South Africa signed two loan deals worth about US$405m to support the Limpopo Central Hospital (a new 488-bed tertiary hospital in Polokwane) and the Magalies Bulk Water Supply Scheme, aiming to expand specialist care and improve health-linked water reliability. Overdose Prevention Push: The Department of Social Development marked International Overdose Awareness Day (31 August) with a “PREVENT. RECOGNISE. RESPOND. RECOVER.” focus, calling for prevention, early intervention, treatment and community action. Maternal & Child Health Risk: A Gauteng billing dispute threatens to cut water and electricity to the Children’s Memorial Institute and halt services for 22 child-care NGOs, with knock-on effects for the Johannesburg School for Autism and laundry supplying Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and clinics. Workforce & Gender Equity: Stats SA data highlights South Africa’s workplace gender divide, with women overrepresented in hospital/medical and social work roles but underrepresented in construction, mining, transport and storage. Diagnostics Expansion: Mahajan Imaging & Labs and Neuberg Diagnostics formed a joint venture to grow pathology and wellness services, integrating imaging, pathology and genomics. Public Health Governance: The Office of the Deputy President says Paul Mashatile is recovering well after a minor surgical procedure, urging the public to rely on official updates rather than speculation.