When a few months of treatment costs as much as a house, some patients are taking their lives and the law into their own hands to survive.

The intellectual property policy, which will allow access to cheaper drugs, has yet to be finalised while patients are dying, say health activists.

Government has once again commissioned an opinion on a regulatory impact assessment and discarded it when it turned out to be unfavourable.

Cold Rooibos has been poured over draft legislation seeking to protect staples of local culture such as African dances — and the herbal tea itself.