as the founding law for all allopathic drugs is
so broad in its definition of medical and related
substances, they are free to include CAMs and
even TAMs under its ambit, if they so wish – and,
allegedly, they do.
A good deal, therefore, depends upon any new
regulations which the DoH comes up with.
For its part, the DoH is simply not saying much
of anything to anyone, though industry players
have been told by department officials that new
regulations are on the way, but without, as
usual, any indication as to whether the relevant
officials have listened anything which industry
and traditional healer representatives have said to
them on the subject.
Direct attack on officials
Beyond
the
almost
certain
Constitutional
challenges that the new law faces is the high
probability, under consideration by the TNHA
and others, of a direct attack on the regulators
and officials who have devised the previous and
impending regulations on the grounds that these
regulations were – and the new upcoming set
are likely to be – obviously far better suited to
control the pharmaceutical drug industry rather
than supplements and a wide range of other
complementary therapies.
This is not an obscure law which may or may
not affect 'a few sangomas' and those 'relatively
rich folks' who like to maintain their health with
supplements, as some might think – it will affect,
in the end, virtually every single South African and
likely, say those opposed to it, not in a good way.
Similar and regulations almost identical to
those withdrawn from the new local law at the
last minute hav