Traditional Health Practitioners Act | Proposed regulations to formalise sector

CAPE TOWN – Efforts to regulate traditional health practitioners is receiving resistance in some quarters.Just a few weeks ago more than 100 traditional healers protested in Cape Town, against the proposed legislative framework.The implementation of the Traditonal Health Practitioners Act of 2007 is aimed at formalising the sector, and professionalising it.Among some of the proposed regulations is mandatory registration, minimum training periods, and other administrative requirements.Dr Fikile Vilakazi is the Chairperson of the Traditional Health Practitioners Council, tasked with this…